About
Morag Seaton is an award-winning, Scottish designer and maker with a focus on abstract tailoring, design anthropology, pockets, and environmental solutions for fashion design.
She runs interview-led projects and workshops that use clothing as a medium to explore the socio-cultural, environmental and personal significance of the stories within our wardrobes. This work is part of a wider project called Worn, an organisation that Morag co-founded with PhD researcher, Abigail Jubb. The insights from these projects are used to inform Morag’s design, products and sustainable practice.
Currently based between London and Scotland.
She runs interview-led projects and workshops that use clothing as a medium to explore the socio-cultural, environmental and personal significance of the stories within our wardrobes. This work is part of a wider project called Worn, an organisation that Morag co-founded with PhD researcher, Abigail Jubb. The insights from these projects are used to inform Morag’s design, products and sustainable practice.
Currently based between London and Scotland.
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Awards and Scholarships
Sustainable Futures Scholarship 2021, The Elsener Family
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award 2021
First Prize, The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability Degree Show Prize 2018
First Prize, The Glasgow School of Art Award for Dissertation 2018
First Prize, Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers Design Award 2018
First Prize, John Byrne Writing Award 2018
Winner of the John Byrne Writing Award for “Garment Stories”, a book of illustrated interviews which follows the relationship between people and their clothes. www.johnbyrneaward.org.uk/
Runner Up, Vivienne Westwood Sustainable and Ethical Award 2018
Shortlisted, The Scottish Craft Award 2019, V&A Dundee
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award 2021
First Prize, The Glasgow School of Art Sustainability Degree Show Prize 2018
First Prize, The Glasgow School of Art Award for Dissertation 2018
First Prize, Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers Design Award 2018
First Prize, John Byrne Writing Award 2018
Winner of the John Byrne Writing Award for “Garment Stories”, a book of illustrated interviews which follows the relationship between people and their clothes. www.johnbyrneaward.org.uk/
Runner Up, Vivienne Westwood Sustainable and Ethical Award 2018
Shortlisted, The Scottish Craft Award 2019, V&A Dundee
︎︎︎ContactExhibitions and Events
Design in an Age of Crisis, London Design Biennale, Somerset House. June 2021.
Social Fabric: Stories from the Worn Archive, Curated by Pa/Do Curatorial, London, June 2021.
Garment Stories and Sustainability: Past, Present and Future, University of York Annual Fashion Symposium. June 2021.
What can we learn from Bernat Klein’s legacy today? Bernat Klein Foundation X Worn. May 2021.
Worn Clothes, New Ideas: People, Purpose and Processs, The Glasgow School of Art. February 2021.
Worn Clothes, Responsible Design: Materiality, Identity and Comfort. The Glasgow School of Art. February 2021.
Valuing our Clothes, Zero Waste Leeds and the RSA. February 2021.
Heritage as Creative Future: Narrative of Collections, Collection of Narratives, XPONorth. February 2021.
Worn Workshop: Garment Biographies, The University of York. October 2020.
How Can We Change the Way We Value Worn Clothes? Sustainable Fashion Scotland. September 2020.
Worn Wardrobe Workshop series, Worn. (Ongoing).
EY at The Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street. January 2020.
The Scottish Craft Awards, V&A Dundee. April 2019.
Graduate Fashion Week, Truman Brewery, London. June 2018.
The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Renfrew Street. June 2018.
The Glasgow School of Art Graduate Fashion Show, The Savoy Tower. June 2018.
‘In the Making’ Exhibition, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. January 2018.
The Fashion Show 1947-2017, The Art School, Glasgow. March 2017.
SR:D Scotland Re-Designed, Glasgow. November 2016.
See further events and projects at Worn ︎︎︎
Social Fabric: Stories from the Worn Archive, Curated by Pa/Do Curatorial, London, June 2021.
Garment Stories and Sustainability: Past, Present and Future, University of York Annual Fashion Symposium. June 2021.
What can we learn from Bernat Klein’s legacy today? Bernat Klein Foundation X Worn. May 2021.
Worn Clothes, New Ideas: People, Purpose and Processs, The Glasgow School of Art. February 2021.
Worn Clothes, Responsible Design: Materiality, Identity and Comfort. The Glasgow School of Art. February 2021.
Valuing our Clothes, Zero Waste Leeds and the RSA. February 2021.
Heritage as Creative Future: Narrative of Collections, Collection of Narratives, XPONorth. February 2021.
Worn Workshop: Garment Biographies, The University of York. October 2020.
How Can We Change the Way We Value Worn Clothes? Sustainable Fashion Scotland. September 2020.
Worn Wardrobe Workshop series, Worn. (Ongoing).
EY at The Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street. January 2020.
The Scottish Craft Awards, V&A Dundee. April 2019.
Graduate Fashion Week, Truman Brewery, London. June 2018.
The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Renfrew Street. June 2018.
The Glasgow School of Art Graduate Fashion Show, The Savoy Tower. June 2018.
‘In the Making’ Exhibition, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. January 2018.
The Fashion Show 1947-2017, The Art School, Glasgow. March 2017.
SR:D Scotland Re-Designed, Glasgow. November 2016.
See further events and projects at Worn ︎︎︎
︎︎︎Learn more about Worn