Not only a personality, but also an art, of fashion resistance is being adopted by Palestinian fashion designers when they enter green and environmental fashion. They glance back at their previous rainbow-colored and see the old tradition of facing the new challenge of the environment. Combining the new with the old to create new fashion products with identity and creativity as global design priorities.
Palestinian designers like Huda Abuarquob and Muna Sabri have made the world take notice and take them seriously by doing it on their sustainable and socially-responsible terms. They want sustainable methods put into a business model that is in its element over wastage and instant production culture. They belong to no quick-fashion culture but they have an industrial stake in the garment being long-lasting and of good quality. Through the application of the local material and with the help of local artisans in their locality, they attempt to do the minimum level of harm to nature and, simultaneously, enhance economic development.
Organic handicraft is one of the common heritage of the Palestinian designers. Palestinian fashion designers like do wish to work with female artists who have talents, like embroidery and weaving, which were passed from one generation to another due to the Palestinian culture. The designers economically empower the designers as well as cultural conservation. Through payment remuneration and providing them with adequate compensation, they help to make the communities stronger that have experienced proven and tested means of issues.
Bringing sustainable practice to life among such designers is also upcycling material. Upcycling is not taken lightly by the designers, but it transforms wastage into wear. Not only is wastage saved, but also a sense of extra uniqueness is brought to each and every one of the end products. By placing one of their collections into a history, they are setting the trend so they are placing the area of sustainability within the fashion argument. They are making consumers realize more about what precisely they are doing.
Palestinian fashion is a fashion that has been set based on the history and culture of the country. Palestinian designers draw inspiration from Palestinians’ traditional wear, nature, and societal symbols, thus connecting the past to the future through visualization. The designers use evocative motifs and evocative design colors as defiant statements of defiance and hope. They are pieces of art that one cannot forget as a reminder of Palestinian society’s defiance. Business-wise, they leave their footprint on the international arena.
Social media also encouraged such designers in a quest to reach global consumers, posting their designs on global websites. They posted their collections, heritage, and origin, thereby initiating a chain of community and professionalism among global consumers. It is worth it because it forms minds and does good awareness of how fashion influences society and the world.
In the reverse thinking, Palestinian fashion designers are revealing the fashion of survival as they strive to create sustainable fashion. In combining tradition and innovation, they are introducing the world of fashion with a better ethical way of creating. Their fashion is not just proclaiming art movements but proclaiming agents of change for society, and in the process, they are paving the way for other people to join the world-wide impact of their pursuit of fashion.
