Weekends in the Studio! DIY Patches with The Urban Grind Fashion Show

Meaghan Sweeney (She/They) is queer contemporary mixed media artist and community arts organizer based in Windsor Essex. They have a strong passion for mental health advocacy and using art as a tool for connection, healing, and community building.

Sav Riley is a Black, queer Windsor-based artist known for upcycling donated clothing into colorful, patchwork, sewn creations. Sav aims to create a more sustainable world through wearable art and upcycling.

Heavily inspired by vintage details and silhouettes, Hannah Bryan aims to bring their creative styling and quality construction to a new audience with her brand, Modern Day Mouse. People’s bodies, goals, lifestyles, and ideals have changed, but she believes that these things shouldn’t stop them from being able to express themselves joyfully through their dressing.

Vibrant Mayhem, run by designer Lou Cox, is a brand that creates unique, one-of-a-kind wearable art and accessories using crochet and sewing as the main mediums of creation. As a new fashion design student with an artistic background, they have been creating more garments, experimenting with non conventional designs. Vibrant Mayhem strives to bring life to materials that otherwise may end up in landfills, often sourcing their materials second-hand.

Unbranded creates hand-silkscreened vintage, upcycled clothing, and art inspired by music and places. Each piece is unique and handmade from photographing objects to create screens, and hand printing them, to create something totally different every time.