January 7, 2026
Lila Stevens '26 will be starting at Parsons School of Design in New York City this coming Fall. She will be majoring in Integrated Design with a focus on fashion styling.
For her AP Art & Design class this year, Lila is focusing her sustained investigation on creating garments and fashion from recycled material.
Pictured on the Left is Lila with a dress woven from plastic grocery bags, and adorned with paper flowers.
Lila found her inspiration in the past. Pictured is an eleven-year-old Lila dressed in an early version of this design.
The image above shows the process of creating the dress. Lila carefully created a rope-like material from the plastic bags and then meticulously wove it into fabric for the dress.