Arts and Design Studies www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6061 (Paper) ISSN 2225-059X (Online) Vol.26, 2014 77 Community Empowerment Through Lace’s Waste Development Arini Arumsari School of Creative Industries, Telkom University, Jalan Telekomunikasi No. 1, Bandung, Indonesia *E-mail: arini@tcis.telkomuniversity.ac.id Abstract Fashion trends develops and evolves from the said factors can describe pre-historic or social occurances that effects the way people dress and how it changes periodically in accordance to the social conditions and other influencing factors above. All fitting rooms from time to time can tell stories and reflect trend cycle on how people think and live. Therefore, clothes are inseparable from human’s life and it keeps changing accordingly to the era. The blooming of fashion trends in Indonesia, especially in big cities such as Bandung make the public demand for clothing and accessories are very high. So in the production process, the fashion industries produce waste or residual textile materials that can’tt be used anymore in the process of production. However, based on the observations results, the textile waste still can be processed into products as good as those produced by the fashion textile materials that in the intact categories. Lace was chosen because based on previous observations, lace’s waste are easily obtainable in many places due to the production of clothing lace fabric which is widely used to make most women Indonesian kebaya and have kebaya needed in a variety of interests. And based on the results of studies that have been done before, lace fabrics(lace)has a strong aesthetic characteristics and has a range of advantages that are not owned by the rest of other textile materials. By doing this processing of lace’s waste as the main material is expected to maximize the potential and also improve the aesthetic value that can become the alternative and enriched types of textile materials for high- quality fashion accessories products. And is expected to provide variation in terms of the increasingly prevalent and enthuses the fashion industry today. The lace’s waste development for textile products is also be expected to become an alternative solution to waste reduction that caused by the industry's clothing or fashion accessories. As well as it can encourage domestic small industries that are expected to be the main producer in the processing of textile waste. Keywords: Lace’s waste, eco-fashion, structure textile design 1. Introduction The existence of the waste generated from all human activities with various industrial activities to improve their quality of life, can’t be separated from the negative impact on the ecological balance and environmental sustainability. Awareness of the importance of maintaining the balance of ecosystems has become a global issue that should be taken seriously because the impact was fatal to the safety and health of the man himself. Lace chosen as the main material in this study because based on the previous observation, the lace’s waste readily available in various places due to the production of clothing. Lace fabric which is identical with the kebaya and party dresses. Lace fabric is widely used to make kebaya for most of Indonesian women. Kebaya is needed in a variety of occasion. For example wedding ceremonies, ceremonies, parties, school graduation or graduation events and other special occasion. So the use of this fabric is very high. And based on the results of experiments on materials that have been done before, lace fabric has advantages in terms of aesthetic value. Aesthetics here according to the AA. Djelantik (1999) is "a science which studies all things related to beauty, learning all aspects of the so-called beauty". So if aesthetics is synonymous with beauty can be said that the lace fabric has many advantages in terms of beauty that is not owned by another textile materials, such as the main trademark of this fabric is transparent but has a motive. Because the basic structure of lace / lace holes, it makes the character very thin material, smooth and transparent. Giving an drift effect, creating a bouffant silhouette that other construction materials don’t have it. It is expected that lace which has such characteristics still can be used, although it has become a ‘waste’ from the clothing production. If it’s only become trash and thrown away so it’s bad for the environment without providing any benefit to the environment and the community. Survey and observation areas for this study will be limited in Bandung which is deemed to have represented the major cities in Indonesia with the rapid development of the fashion industry. According to M Ridwan Kamil, the founder of Bandung Creative City Forum (BCCF), "in Bandung, the conducive climate is available in the field of creativity, and support people who are open to new ideas. So that Bandung has a reputation that is widely known as a tourist destination city,the location of the leading universities, the center of fashion and clothing, as well as a