The world of fashion today is awakening to many of its pressing issues.  From environment to animal concerns and our carbon footprint, the shift toward more mindfulness living is a "state of mind" the world is redirecting their attention to most specially the youth of today.  

Fashion designer Carla Zhang of Le Ngok is having an exciting two-day pop hosted by Guava Sketches entitled "Wasteland of Tomorrow" — discovering the old and new in fashion, art and beyond. 

So we asked the designer a few things about this special pop-up.  

What does the title mean?

Carla says, "The title is taken from a previous collection I did three years ago. It all started from a moment after throwing a bag of trash, a thought appeared "do I really need that much stuffs in life?"

When everything is at our fingertips, how easily we tend to take it for granted and throw away, eventually what left would be just a future world of wasteland. So this pop-up is a continuation of the same idea."

Coming from that headspace, it's evident that this creative wears her art and heart on her sleeve.

All great designs go through a process. It sometimes becomes the essence of a narrative. So we asked Cara what hers was, and she replied, "Resourcefulness is always one important factor to consider when I design. Fashion's waste is a huge environmental issue yet most of people still take it for granted. As a designer I hope to create the best value of every material, even waste or discards, has its own characteristics to design with."