Trail of Destruction
Sajida Rashid (2021)
Sajida is a mother of two and a daughter of migrants from Pakistan. Her passion has been fashion and textiles, and from a young age has been behind a sewing machine creating many masterpieces. For this exhibition, Sajida has designed and created a ball gown dress using discarded denim and tartan, giving old fabrics a new lease of life. While researching for her climate leadership presentation, she learned a lot about the huge negative impact textile and fashion production has on the climate. Through her exhibition piece, Sajida wants to highlight what we don’t see in a finished garment is how the different processes layer up and are causing pollution. These layers include water, air, and land pollution. In particular, Sajida is concerned that those that are being impacted the most from fast fashion are women of colour in the poorest places, and yet no one talks about what’s happening to them or their families.
Sajida valued the support and talks on climate justice with Marsha Burke who is studying music at the University of Glasgow.
Sajida would like to see this dress worn by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who stands for both gender and climate justice.
