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This week WORN_RELICS© will be making a guest appearance at a special event in the Big Apple (where the owner of the Red Dress lives – see worn_dresses!) The evening, titled ‘MADE FLESH AGAIN, because novelty is dead’ is organised by Kathryn Schetlick and through different media aims to ‘challenge ideas of ownership and originality, the values that have become the troublesome anchors of our system.’ The experience will include a dance installation/performance, music and a clothing exchange whereby WORN_RELICS© provides the opportunity to share the story of your donated item and take home a new item with an old story plus of course, labels to stitch into that piece of clothing you have had forever enabling you to share its story online. So if you happen to be in the neighbourhood on Thursday, December 10th at 8pm, make your way to the
JACK HANLEY GALLERY on 136 WATTS STREET and enjoy!
For directions visit the Jack Hanley gallery site…
www.jackhanley.com
- on 2009-12-07 20:50:39
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Last night the winners of the Fashioning the Future Awards were announced at a ceremony on the top floor of London City Hall looking out over the Tower Bridge and the London skyline. The event was hosted by fashion commentator and broadcaster Caryn Franklin and the awards were presented by Centre for Sustainable Fashion ambassador Jo Wood, BBC 1 ONE show presenter Lucy Siegle and Duncan Goose CEO of charity ONE Water.
Zoe Fletcher won the Enterprise & Communication Initiative for a Future Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Ruby Hoette – WORN_RELICS© and Julia Crew).
Varun Gambhir won the Role of Materials in a Sustainable Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Karina Micheal).
Mary Hanlon won the Systems for a Sustainable Fashion Industry Award
Miriam Rhida won the Design for a Thriving Fashion Industry Award (Highly Commended: Eleanor Dorrien-Smith and On Ying Lai).
Emma Rigby won the Water – The Right for All Citizens of this Planet Award (Highly Commended: Anne Prahl). It was a lovely evening which continued on with champagne and celebrations.
All these designers will meet again in spring 2010 for a collaborative design workshop organised by the Centre for Sustainable Fashion.
Congratulations to all the winners and a special thank you to Clare McNally, Lane Gry and Hanno ten Hoor who have contributed so much to WORN_RELICS©. For more images and info about some of the winning designers visit...
www.guardian.co.uk
* Zoe Fletcher's knitwear accessories. Photograph Sean Michael
- on 2009-11-26 20:32:49
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WORN_RELICS© has been shortlisted for the Fashioning the Future Awards! The award,which was founded in 2008 includes a wide range of disciplines and seven separate categories aiming to promote a generation of emerging talent for the fashion industry of the future.
WORN_RELICS© has been entered in the category ‘The role of communication in a sustainable fashion culture’. The winners of the 2009 awards will be announced at a reception at London’s City Hall on the 25th November 2009, 7pm-9pm
Highlights will be showcased at London’s City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA 19-30/11/09) and at the London College of Fashion (20 John Princes Street, London W1G 0BJ 9-27/11/09). These exhibitions are open to the public and free!
For more info about the award visit the Centre for Sustainable Fashion site…
www.sustainable-fashion.com
- on 2009-11-14 20:26:00
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Last week I was in Amsterdam to present WORN_RELICS©
at Beyond Green 2009 with the central theme of Good Design. The day was filled with inspiring lectures but the one I enjoyed the most was Carolyn Strauss from slowLab. She titled her talk Slow Design and focused not only on the slowing down and repairing of objects or products but urged us as designers to take some distance and start looking at repairing behaviour, relationships and in essence, society. She talked about the need for both slow and fast knowledge to best understand how we can create change and that this change can also happen in small places. In short she reminded us that being a designer is a huge responsibility!
The was also a short an interesting video presentation by Monique van Heist talking about her new project called Hello Fashion: a collection which no longer changes with each season but instead the timeless designs are added to a catalogue and are continually available.
In between the presentations visitors had the chance wander around the exhibition space in which up and coming designers had their work on display and could also exchange a piece of clothing in the Swapstore. Clare McNally and myself presented WORN_RELICS© in the middle of the Swapstore. We asked all ‘swappers’ to write down the story of their garment before handing it in so the new owner took home not only a pre-loved piece of clothing, but also a little part of its history. We also offered visitors the chance to become part of the online archive by creating a profile about a special piece of their clothing. We hope to see lots of new profiles on the site very soon!
www.slowlab.org
www.moniquevanheist.com
- on 2009-11-14 19:19:14
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WORN_RELICS© invites you to Beyond Green 2009!
An international symposium on sustainability and fashion.
The symposium is organised by the AMFI
(Amsterdam Fashion Institute)and ArtEZ (Institute
of the Arts) and the central theme is Good Design. Inspiring speakers will give their personal perspectives on this theme. There will also be a gallery for young designers to present work and a swap store. WORN_RELICS© will give visitors the opportunity to create a profile for a favourite piece of clothing (bring your
clothing piece and we’ll stitch in a coded WORN_RELICS© label
so you can join the online archive).
In conjunction with the
BEYOND GREEN swap store, you can also bring an item
you would like to exchange for something new. You can
write your item’s story (why and where you bought it, how
often you wore it etc.) on a special WORN_RELICS© card
which will then be passed on to the new owner*
WORN_RELICS© at Beyond Green 2009
10am to 5pm / 9 November ’09 / The World Fashion
Centre
(Koningin
Wilhelminaplein
13, 1062 HH, Amsterdam)
*The symposium
will be in English and is mainly aimed at the students
and staff of
Dutch fashion
& design
institutes.
For info mail m.m.van.de.beek.@hva.nl or for the full program visit...
www.modebewust.nu/beyondgreen
- on 2009-11-04 21:28:05
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On the 8th of September Clare McNally and Ruby Hoette presented WORN_RELICS©Live during the fashion@society symposium in Berlin. It was a beautiful sunny day and the venue was perfect to enjoy the diverse and interesting presentations and afterwards the view over the Brandendurg Gate. Visitors had the opportunity to come upstairs and chat to different people about their projects
and enjoy a bite to eat from the delicious catering. WORN_RELICS© attracted lots of positive response and we are looking forward to seeing some new profiles online from those who were inspired and took a WORN_LABEL home to sew into their favourite item. Thank you to all those who helped to make this day possible!
- on 2009-09-21 10:40:06
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WORN_RELICS© invites you to WORN_RELICS© Live! —
A lecture and
installation at the fashion@society symposium in Berlin on Tuesday the
8th of September 2009. The symposium looks at fashion, youth culture and
social identities. Ruby Hoette and Clare McNally will talk about the context
and evolution of this project. Visitors
can create an online profile for a favourite piece of clothing at the event.
WORN_RELICS© Live!
Tuesday, 8th September 2009 / 16h35 / Akademie der Künste / Pariser Platz 4 / 10117 / Berlin
* Registration for the day-long symposium is free! — Just sign up at: info@createurope.com.
For the full program visit ...
www.createurope.com
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On Tuesday night April 21, 2009, YOI: and Streetlab will present Sustainable Style Statement. The aim of the evening is to inspire and inform you about innovative sustainable trends in design and fashion.
WORN_RELICS© will be there with SWAPSHOP as well as many
other interesting speakers and designers.
Entry is free.
For more information, click on ...
www.yoi.nu
www.streetlab.nl
- on 2009-04-16 14:20:05
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27 March 2009! WORN_RELICS© is back with SWAPSHOP
at Pakhuis Afrika in Amsterdam. For more information, click on ...
www.streetlab.nl
- on 2009-03-25 11:00:00
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WORN_RELICS© invites you to SWAPSHOP! A temporary installation
where you can exchange a pre-loved clothing item (and its story) for
something new! Opening Celebration: Friday, 23 Jan. ’09 at
8pm, Het Ketelhuis, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (we’ll be open
every day during Amsterdam International Fashion Week, 24 Jan. to 1 Feb. Saturday, Sunday & Wednesday from 12:00hrs;
other days from 4pm). DON’T FORGET to bring clothing to swap! – SWAPSHOP is made by Ruby Hoette in collaboration with Anne Stooker.
* Anne & Ruby sewing in WORN_LABELS at ... SWAPSHOP!
Photographs by Sander Marsman
marsman.sander@gmail.com
- on 2009-01-28 12:21:54
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WORN_RELICS© was launched at SPRMRKT on the 20th July 2008.
Visitors were given a WORN_LABEL and were able to immediately create a profile online for their chosen item of clothing.
WORN_RELICS© was created by Ruby Hoette in collaboration
with Hanno ten Hoor / Graphic Design by Lane Gry & Clare McNally.
* During the launch, the SPR ARCHIVE installation was on display.
Old and new fashioned garments were revised. Images on posters reflected and highlighted the different journeys of the clothes within
the framework of SPRMRKT. SPR ARCHIVE was made by Anne Stooker and Elisa Marchesini.
- on 2009-01-15 01:06:03
- by Ruby Hoette
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