About me

I use fashion as a playground for sustainable innovation, specializing in Post- and Degrowth. Originally a fashion design student at AMFI, I began questioning making product and decided to switch to solving sustainability problems from a more holistic point of view. I explored different angles of sustainability and stuck with the only option which I see potential in: Making and doing less. My work therefore centres around implementing post and degrowth principles within the fashion industry.

CV

Education

Aug 2024 - Sept 2025

MA in Political Ecology Degrowth and Environmental Justice at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Sept 2020 - July 2024

BA in Fashion Design and Management at Amsterdam Fashion Institute

  • Minor in Sustainability and Economics at the UvA

  • Minor in Textiles

  • Thesis “Crafting a Transition – Things we can learn from craft-based production for a degrowth transformation

Sept 2018 – May 2020

IB diploma at Campus Wien West /Montessori Campus Vienna

Publications and Exhibitions

  • May 2024 Linen Reverie nominated for GO Game Changers

  • Sept 2024 Linen Reverie nominated for Dorothy Waxman Prize

  • Nov 2023 Post-Growth Toolkit for the Fashion Industry

Working Experience

Aug 2024 - Currently

Freelance Consultant and Designer

Jul 2023 - Nov 2023

Sustainability Consultant Internship at The Sustainability Club

Jul 2023 - Currently

Fitness trainer at USC Amsterdam

Aug 2022 - Currently

Barista at Mundi

Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

Spokeswomen for the sate executive committee of the green alternative youth youth organisation of the political green party in Austria

March 2018 - Oct 2019

Personal assistant for Cha.rak.ter various works in the tailoring department, pattern cutting, customer service, fair management

11. - 29.May 2018

Carmen’s Tailoring Studio in London, full time engagement, various jobs in tailoring, hand sewing, fitting

Jul 2019 - Feb 2017

Tailor at STR Designs, Five hours a week various jobs in the tailoring department

Additional Qualification

Dez 2020

Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry

Online learning initiative of Wageningen University & Research