Katherine Soucie (BAA Fashion, BFA Textiles, MAA Textiles, Phd Candidate) is a textile waste designer, researcher, artist, writer and educator.
In 2002, she established Sans Soucie - an award winning textile upcycling innovation design studio and clothing label. With a primary focus on zero waste and regenerative design methods, her experimentation with textile industry waste resulted in the development of an industrial upcycling method for pre-consumer waste hosiery. The signature textile collections that grew out of this method reimagines the role of craft with obsolete sewing machinery and digital technology to assist in establishing new methods in the creative remanufacturing of local and domestic textile waste. From 2002-2019 Sans Soucie was located in Vancouver, Canada before relocating to the U.K. in 2019.
Her bespoke textile and clothing collections have been widely exhibited, showcased and sold internationally. Featured at various Fashion Weeks - London, NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, etc. All upcycled textiles, clothing, accessories, sculptures and installations work have sold, exhibited and been commissioned by private and public institutions in Canada, USA, U.K., Japan, China, Australia, etc.
Her experience in working with waste and waste systems spans 25 years within the fashion and textile industry but also in the areas of general waste, recycling and upcycling. Her expertise in textile upcycling has led to her to receive invitations beyond the studio and industry through an artist and design residencies and various industry collaborations. Current research reimagines obsolete sewing and textile machinery with U.K. sock manufacturing waste and wool waste contributing to the growing field of textile waste redesign, upcycling and creative reuse systems development.
She has been a lecturer, visiting professor and program director in the field of sustainable textiles and fashion since 2005 (Canada, USA, Australia, UK). In 2017, she came on board as Program Director of Fashion to LaSalle More...