Isabelle is a visual artist and cultural worker.
Shirt Project - Wearable Art Exhibit
A wearable art exhibit and social experiment hosted by Fashion Revolution Toronto.
A group of 25 practitioners, makers, and designers were invited to respond to the call to draw attention to the compromised networks and broken systems of the fashion industry during Fashion Revolution Week 2022. The practitioners altered a collared dress shirt recognizing the profound potential of clothing as a tool for communication. With the theme “MONEY FASHION POWER” for the 2023 @fash_rev week, this was a call to action for safer working conditions and livable wages for workers, but also to demand that the fashion system address their systemic environmental abuses.
The exhibit was created and curated by Isabelle Sain at the Spadina Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), in the heart of Toronto's textile district.
Open Wardrobe - Photo Exhibit
A photo series and exhibit featuring people who radically express themselves through the way they dress.
We put out a call for anyone who uses clothing and the act of dressing as a tool for storytelling and communication. We are drawing attention to the act of dressing to repair and reconstruct the misconceptions and disrupted relationships to the body and clothing due to the dominant fashion industry.
This exhibit hosted twelve different creatives at She Said Gallery, who use the act of dressing as a tool that tell stories and unapologetically represent themselves through clothing while reflect on the act of dressing within a world where clothing and dress is seen as frivolous and disposable.
Fabric’s Voice - Textile Protest Banner Making Workshop
A Fashion Revolution Toronto workshop exploring the historical and cultural connections between textiles, marches & demonstrations.
Come join us and share your own fashion story, memory, statement or idea by creating a textile banner ready to hang or to march with.
Focusing on art, fashion and social change, the workshop will highlight the historical significance of textiles banners used for social change with an opportunity to create your own banner with a range of simple, hands-on techniques like sewing, collaging and heat appliqué.
A historic walking tour of Toronto’s Garment District.
This walkable historic tour of Toronto’s Textile Past is a resource and a guide of the historic buildings and landmarks connected to Toronto's Textile industry.
The tour guides you through the vibrant history of Toronto's Garment District. The intention of this tour is to connect our local communities to the real situations that garment workers face by bringing it back to our front yard.
One of the main reasons the fashion industry continues to get away with the exploitation of people, land and communities is because of the lack of transparency and accountability within the global supply chain. There is a disconnect between consumers and makers.
