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        The Endless Garment: The New Craft of Machine Knitting
        
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The Endless Garment: The New Craft of Machine Knitting

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Japanese fashion designer Dai Fujiwara at RMIT Gallery 26/03/2010
SHIMA SEIKI knitting machines in action at RMIT Gallery 10/03/2010
The Endless Garment showcases cutting-edge knit fashion 04/02/2010
Nikki Gabriel 23/11/2009

The Endless Garment celebrates the virtuosity and future directions of the new craft of machine knitting which is changing the way fashion is designed and made.

RMIT Gallery is proud to present a stunning collection of cutting edge knit fashion in a major new exhibition to showcase the combination of computerised industrial knitting machines and international fashion design.

The exhibition will showcase the work of 10 international and Australian designers:

Featuring:

ISSEY MIYAKE (Japan)
SANDRA BACKLUND (Sweden)
WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK (Belgium)
COOPERATIVE DESIGNS (UK)
MARK FAST (UK)
NIKKI GABRIEL (Australia)
YOSHIKI HISHINUMA (Japan)
SAVERIO PALATELLA (Italy)
FREDDIE ROBINS (UK)
SIBLING (UK)

Curated by: Robyn Healy and Ricarda Bigolin

Staged during the 2010 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, the exhibition displays new forms, experimental sampling and a series of ‘mini labs’ displaying computerised knitting machines producing experimental fashion.

Gallery visitors will be able to watch technology in action producing highly original and experimental fashion design.

Dai Fujiwara, Creative Director of ISSEY MIYAKE Creative Room, will give a special public lecture at Storey Hall on 17 March 6-8pm.

Successful Australian knitwear designer Nikki Gabriel will make a special address at the opening on Thursday 11 February 6-8 pm. A model will be wearing her clothes at the event.

Nikki, now based in New Zealand, will conduct a workshop at RMIT Gallery on 12 February featuring her highly popular Construction Patterns and imported yarn.

Exhibition dates: 12 February - 21 March 2010