Molly Grazioso ’23.5 spent the final months of this past summer renovating a room in The Annex to become a makerspace for sewing and clothing upcycling projects. The space opened for the first time this past Saturday, Oct. 2.
Grazioso got the idea for The Studio, as she is calling the room, when she began taking classes in the art and architecture departments at Middlebury.
“I felt like I wasn’t getting exactly what I wanted, which was to study clothing,” she said.
In the fall of 2020, Grazioso applied for the Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship through the Innovation Hub.
“On my application [I] explained that I wanted to pursue sustainable fashion very generally,” Grazioso said. “[I wanted to create a space for] upcycling or other sustainable fashion projects.”
Later that fall, Grazioso, along with eight to 10 other sophomores…
