Independent clothing, art & textile innovation ·
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Clothing, art & textile innovation
by Melissa Lockwood

The independent practice of Melissa Lockwood

A different
way to
see fabric.

Clothing to wear. Art to experience. New possibilities for the fabric already around us.

Multicolored salvaged-fabric garment by Melissa Lockwood on the Atlantic City Fashion Week runwayIQTEST / COLLECTION ARCHIVE
Landfill Looks · Atlantic City Fashion Week

One practice. Many possibilities.

From the clothes we wear to the spaces we inhabit, fabric can do more.

01 / Clothing & collections

Made to be different.

Unexpected shapes, found fabrics, and a continuing exploration of what clothing can become.

T-shirts & clothing Shop opening soon

02 / Explore the practice

Beyond the garment.

Meet Melissa ↗

03 / Solar Veils

Can a building
wear clothes
to stay cool?

A textile layer outside a building. Shade, an open air gap, and a new direction for garment architecture. Explore Melissa’s ongoing passive cooling research.

Solar Veils project image showing an exterior textile shade and its air gap at Arcosanti

The space between the pattern pieces
is a design space, too.

Pattern Area Waste / Melissa Lockwood