The principle of sustainability in the textile industry has been one of the most important issues for better human development and conservation of natural resources for the future in the last decade. One of the biggest polluters is fast fashion, which is affordable and produces large quantities of clothing that are quickly discarded by consumers, resulting in large amounts of textile waste. Unusable textiles are recycled through co-incineration, collecting the energy generated and sorting the lumps for the socially vulnerable or using them for thermal insulation. Creative recycling to make new clothes and other products from old garments or textiles is possible. Sustainability and environmental awareness are also important in bridal fashion, both in terms of material use and reuse of products and garments. Sustainable wedding dresses can be designed using different principles such as upcycling, recycling and zero waste. In this diploma thesis, we recycled an old wedding dress and designed a new modern wedding dress. In the theoretical part, the history of wedding dresses from the beginning to the modern era is described and the most popular wedding dresses in different eras are highlighted. The meaning and symbolism as well as the most famous dresses are presented, with a conclusion on the main sustainable principles and the ready-to-wear industry. In the experimental part, the transformation of an old wedding dress into a new one, all the technological processes are described. The goal of the diploma is to transform an old wedding dress into a new, modern dress, using as much as possible of the existing material and adding as little as possible new material. The inspiration for the new wedding dress comes from the elegance and simple, sleek lines of the current bridal collections. The making of the new dress is illustrated with a sketch, a technical sketch with a technical description, a material list, a modelling of the pattern and a technical plan of the finished product. The shaped pattern pieces of the dress were cut from an old wedding dress and the pieces were arranged to minimise waste. The decision to recycle has implications for environmental awareness and protection
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