Saša Nemec was born in Nova Gorica, Slovenia in 1986. She received her MSc in Fashion and Textile Design from the University of Ljubljana in 2015. Nemec has exhibited and performed in Slovenia and abroad, especially in Finland where she has been residing for the past three years. Saša Nemec’s fashion practice is highly influenced by her artistic approach and her concern for the environment. She pursues her collections through artistic research, leading her to explore digital fabrication intertwined with more traditional tailoring. Her expertise in clothes design led her to develop a community building practice build around sustainability and the right to repair. Her practice spans between exploration of new technologies and use of age-old techniques; from mending a loose button to creating garments with 3D scanning technology. Today the designer turned artist addresses our vulnerability after the digital revolution and our own struggles when it comes to project our identity into the digital world.