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Fashion Projects began in New York in 2004, with the aim to ‘create a platform to highlight the importance of fashion — especially “experimental” fashion — within current critical discourses and to foster a dialogue between theory and practice across disciplines.’ If you are not already familiar with their print Journals and accompanying website then it is definatley worthwhile taking a look. You’ll find a wealth of reviews of exhibits and interviews with a range of artists and designers that offer an interesting and critical perspective on Fashion in all its diversity. Issue #3 has just been released and focuses on the theme of Fashion and Memory! Included is an inspiring interview with Shelley Fox about her practice which can also be previewed online.
www.fashionprojects.com
- on 2010-03-05 10:40:21
- by Ruby Hoette
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Some time ago while browsing through the wonderful array of ideas posted during the Platform 21=Repairing project I came across this brilliantly simple and beautiful solution for holes in woollen garments, rugs, curtains or other textile products. Woolfiller (or wolplamuur in Dutch) is a product designed by Heleen Klopper born out of the need to fix a an old woollen cardigan. It uses the unique qualities of felt which attaches itself to the surrounding fibres with its tiny scales and results in a unique and whimsical decoration that is both easy to create and rewardingly practical. DIY packages will be available online very soon. Check the Woolfiller website for details and a short video demonstrating exactly how easy it is to use! You can also look on the Platform21 website to see more ingenious repair solutions.
www.woolfiller.com
www.platform21.nl
- on 2010-01-15 22:24:55
- by Ruby Hoette
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This Wednesday Items magazine will present their annual graduation edition at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. The central theme is design education in the Netherlands. There will be live presentations, graduation projects on show and representatives from academies and the ministry of education. Soepboer and Stooker will present a clothing exchange in collaboration with WORN_RELICS©. Visitors will once again be able to exchange a pre-loved item and its story for something new, this time amidst healthy discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of design education.
8pm – 11pm/ Wednesday 16th December/Pakhuis de Zwijger
Entrance is free, register at...
www.dezwijger.nl
- on 2009-12-13 23:30:26
- by Ruby Hoette
- in outside events
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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
- by Ruby Hoette
- in inside events
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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
- by Ruby Hoette
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