Collin Semien (20) is a junior Environmental Systems (sustainable land and food) and Fashion double major at North Carolina A&T from Baton Rouge Louisiana and the designer and creative behind “SEMI stitched” a project that turns sustainable materials into practical fashion.

ABOUT THE

DESIGNER

Collin’s sewing journey began when he would watch his grandmother teach him and his sister how to sew. With that knowledge, he would go on and learn to tailor his pants for school and his suits for church. Starting as a fun simple project in a dorm, the SEMI brand was born turning old and thrifted clothes into something new and creative. Now the brand takes a different but similar journey : “Bringing together the magic of design with the sustainability of eco-friendly materials”

Transparency is desperately needed in the fashion industry. It contributes between 2% and 8% of the total amount of the world’s carbon emissions and produces an estimated 4% of its waste. With the rise of fast fashion in the past 30 years, consumers have purchased twice as many items of clothing and wear each item about seven times before it’s tossed.

Even once clothing is in the hands of the consumer, the environmental effects continue. Cheap and readily available, polyester is used in 60% of new garments, and machine washing releases 500,000 tons of microfibers into the ocean — the equivalent of 50 billion plastic bottles each year.

SEMI aims to change that.

By taking old clothes and making them wearable again, this creates a whole new dimension to the second-hand market and upcycling community.

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Each piece carefully crafted and carries a story…