REDO Experience. Envisioning clothes that can stand the test of time.

This paper draws on my on-going PhD research which investigates how the concept of emotional durability can be applied in fashion design and making to enhance user experience of clothing. The paper presents a selection of garments created during the first, exploratory, phase of my project and discusses examples of design interventions that could contribute to increased satisfaction and well-being of users, designers and makers of fashion. It reflects on some of the challenges involved in designing for durability and proposes that these should be seen as opportunities for further research and exploration. Envisioning what currently seems unthinkable is a first step to materializing visions for the future, a task to which designers are well suited as creative problem-solving lies at the core of design thinking.