Fashion, arts and sustainability: a pedagogical experience in the making of textile masks

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https://doi.org/10.5965/1982615x19492026164

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textile masks, fashion education, sustainability

Abstract

The article analyzes a pedagogical project involving the creation of textile masks carried out with Portuguese high school students, in partnership between the Fashion and Textile Design and Production program at the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Higher Institute and three public schools in the Algarve. The project combines fashion, arts, and sustainability, with the aim of introducing concepts of product design, costume design, hand sewing, embroidery, and upcycling. The research adopts a qualitative approach, utilizing participant observation, informal conversations, and interpretive analysis of records produced during the workshops. The activities are organized into three stages: theoretical contextualization, conception, and practice. The results indicate the development of technical, aesthetic, and socio-emotional skills, with an emphasis on creative autonomy, the appreciation of manual work, and reflection on the reuse of materials. The masks also reveal connections to identity, cultural belonging, and symbolic expression. It is concluded that the experience reaffirms the potential of fashion design as an interdisciplinary educational practice, capable of integrating art, technique, and sustainability in educational contexts.

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  • Anderson Luiz de Souza, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

    Anderson Souza is an artist, researcher, and professor specializing in Drawing and Fashion Design. He holds a PhD and Master's degree in Education, with research dedicated to the teaching of drawing, a postgraduate degree in Contemporary Art and Art Education, and a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design. With over a decade of experience in educational institutions in Brazil and Portugal, he has taught Drawing, Fashion Design, Digital Drawing, and curricular units in Art and Design, developing visual methodologies based on research-creation, graphic diaries, and experimental practices. He is the author of the Fashion Sketchbook collection and the book Fashion Drawing for Those in a Hurry, internationally recognized for their accessible approach to teaching the human figure applied to fashion. His artistic production spans drawing, illustration, textiles, and visual narratives, understanding drawing as an expanded, critical, and inclusive field.

  • Gisele Nepomuceno, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

    Assistant Professor in the Bachelor's Degree in Fashion and Textile Design and Production at the Manuel Teixeira Gomes Higher Institute - Portimão, PT; Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Arts and Letters at the University of Beira Interior - Covilhã, PT; support in seminars on Visual Merchandising in the Master's Degree in Branding and Fashion Design at the European University, in the Institute of Arts and Design (IADE). PhD candidate in Fashion Design in the Textile Engineering program at (UBI/UMINHO), with the theme "The transcoding of fashion retail from the real to the digital and the reformulation of the consumer experience - Reinvention strategy of Visual Merchandising and Storytelling". Master's degree in Art, Culture and Languages ​​from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2017), at the Institute of Arts and Design (IAD) in the research line of Interdisciplinary Theories and Processes; Specialist in Fashion, Fashion Culture and Art from UFJF (2012) and in Fashion Design from Senai/Cetiqt (2009). Graduated in Art Education with a specialization in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2007). She has executed Visual Merchandising projects for brands such as Mazza Store, Hold, Vilma Alimentos, Analux, and Basthianna. She worked as a Purchasing and Marketing Supervisor at Arpel (JF). She has experience in the area of ​​collection planning and development, Visual Merchandising with an emphasis on women's retail, and sales team training on fashion trends. From January 2014 to March 2015, she served as the Interim Coordinator of the Fashion Design Technology Course at CES/JF, where she taught Visual Merchandising, Applied Arts to Fashion, Creativity Laboratory, History of Art and Design, and Human Body Drawing, from 2010 to 2017. She taught History of Art and Aesthetics I and IV in the Architecture undergraduate program at CES/JF until July 2019. She was an Art Education teacher in the first year of high school at SESI in the EBEP project, from September 2014 to July 2017. She was also a substitute teacher at the João XXIII Application School of UFJF, teaching first through sixth grade elementary school from September 2016 to May 2017.

  • Paulo Gabriel Correia Martins, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

    Paulo Gabriel Correia Martins works in the areas of Design and Fashion. The most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Design, Fashion, Co-creation and Online. At a professional level he works in the areas of creation, purchasing and sales and at an academic level he works in the areas of design and branding

  • Liliana Maria Gonçalves Pina, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

    Liliana Maria Gonçalves Pina completed her PhD in Fashion Design in 2022, her Master's Degree in Fashion Design in 2010 and a Degree in Fashion Design in 2007 at the University of Beira Interior. She was a Guest Lecturer at the University of Beira Interior Faculty of Engineering till 2022 and has been a Professor and Director of the degree in Design and Production of Fashion and Textile at Ismat. In her curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Fashion, Product Development, Pattern Making, Cutting, Manufacturing, Inclusive Design and Design for the Visually Impaired.

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2026-08-26

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Vol. 19 No. 49 (2026): Ensino de Moda no Brasil: desafios e possibilidades (V. 19 N.49)

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Fashion, arts and sustainability: a pedagogical experience in the making of textile masks. ModaPalavra e-periódico, v. 19, n. 49, p. 164–192, 26 Aug.2026.