A Parsons Student Designed Her Senior Thesis To Help Syrian Refugees

[ehrnst]

“Another 200 people died in Syria today” blasted from the 11 o’clock news as Angela Luna and her father sat watching television in their Massachusetts home. Luna, 22, a Parsons Fashion Design senior, turned to her father and asked “Should I be doing fashion? We’re sitting around everyday talking about $4,000 Prada pants that don’t even matter in the larger scheme of things.”

Since that moment, Luna has designed her senior thesis collection to address the problems facing Syrian refugees as they make their journey across borders to safety.

Now that her thesis collection has been completed down to the very last seam, Luna has been announced as a finalist for the Parsons School of Fashion 2016 Designer of the Year and is beginning the next steps to make the project a reality.

“My goal was to have an approach to thesis that wasn’t just inspired by a generic thing. [My goal] was definitely to have a problem that would take me all year to solve,” Luna said.

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Her thesis collection is comprised of seven transformative outerwear looks that are both unisex and one size fits all. The looks include two jackets that transform to full size tents (one that fits a couple and another that fits a family), a jacket that turns into a sleeping bag, a jacket that turns into a backpack, an inflatable life vest garment, an adjustable child carrier vest, and a reversible reflective/camouflage jacket. At the same time, she thought of functionalities that could easily be repurposed for outdoors or camping activities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=tlhpQMdONCY

http://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2016/05/07/a-parsons-student-designed-her-senior-thesis-to-help-syrian-refugees/

[Ilsa]

1. Brilliant and practical.

I enjoyed the youtube video. I hope it works out.

[ehrnst]

2. I have some money to invest

Thinking about contacting her.

[Ilsa]

3. I don't know about "investing" per se, but you would

at least have the satisfaction that your money was risked on something really good, very worthwhile, "get into Heaven free" kind of great. And it may payoff nicely. I think many of her products could be marketed stateside to preppers, especially for their Go Bags.