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29 August 2011
Making the Unfinished: Fashion Exhibition
An exhibition of projects by RMIT University fashion students explores the process of making through found garments and collage, as part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week's City Series.
Design: Emma Bosley
Supported by RMIT's School of Architecture and Design Research Fund, the exhibition runs from 1 to 6 September.
Students from the S!X studio in the second and third year Bachelor of Design (Fashion) program have responded to the S!X methodology, using a mixture of found garments and collaging these with pattern-cutting and printing techniques.
Lecturer and studio leader, Denise Sprynskyj, said students unpicked found garments and used existing elements to reconstruct and reconfigure into a new design.
"The process of deconstruction reveals and highlights hidden details of the recycled garment," she said.
Student Emma Bosley said: "The ideology for me behind the studio, Making the Unfinished, is to transform found or made garments from a stereotypical 'finished' or structured silhouette to something more abstract or contemporary."
Student Jovana Margetic said: "Breaking down components of fashion and reassembling them is what deconstructionist designers are all about.
"In order to experiment with deconstructing, I believe we need to explore the old structure."
Media note: High-quality images are available
Event details
What: Making the Unfinished
When: 1 - 6 September, 12pm - 6pm (closed Sunday)
Opening night: 1 September, 6pm-8pm
Where: La Chambre de Bonne, 1A Crossley Street, Melbourne
Cost: FREE
For interviews: Denise Sprynskyj, (03) 9925 3890 or denise.sprynskyj@rmit.edu.au
For media enquiries and images: RMIT University Communications, Gosia Kaszubska, (03) 9925 3176 or 0417 510 735.
