![]() Claudia Banz at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg, the exhibition has travelled from Germany to the Philippines and Indonesia, where it has connected designers and makers of ethical fashion to global narratives. How might a sustainable and ethical fashion system emerge that is globally networked, but based on authentic localised relationships of materiality and fabrication?įast Fashion | Slow Fashion is the Australian contribution to the regional Goethe-Institut project IKAT/eCUT, which focusses on the past, present and future of the textile industry in South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Germany. As part of this project, the exhibition Fast Fashion – The Dark Side of Fashion will be shown at RMIT Gallery between July 21st and September 9th, 2017. Curated by Dr. Using the Fast Fashion exhibition as a provocation, each work reconsiders our relationship with materials and to clothing. The Slow Fashion Studio, developed in collaboration with the RMIT School for Fashion & Textiles, proposes alternatives: This work-in-progress exhibition features the work of nine design pracititioners, who collectively create a social space for exploring alternative approaches to how fashion is produced, consumed and experienced. ![]() Visualising the ramifications of fast-paced consumerism, and an even faster industry, the exhibition brings attention to economic, ecological and social issues that more often than not remain comfortably invisible.īut not all is bad in the fashion industry. The exhibition Fast Fashion – The Dark Side of Fashion responds to these questions and suggests: However glamourous the fashion world may seem, there is a dark side to it. However, the world of production behind enticing shopfronts often remains opaque: How can new clothes be so cheap? Who are the people producing your clothes? What impact do fast-changing fashion trends have on the environment? What kind of responsibility do we have as consumers? Next to art fairs, shopping malls and coffee chains, fashion weeks have become a “must-have” for the modern city. Trends change faster than the seasons, and countless high-gloss magazines report on the trend-setting wardrobes of celebrities. Many many thanks for your courage and resilience.All around the globe people are fascinated by fashion. The way we care for our clothes is the same care we have for our world. You remind me that clothes are chosen and defined by our thoughts. Your dedication to the environment is embedded in your art gowns. Glamour, graciousness, generosity are found in every one of your posts. (I am feeling them again now as I write my comments). ![]() In fact, I felt goosebumps come to me when I read your interview. Your determination to create awareness inspires me. I just read a 2020 article by Lauren Bravo that notes that “Less than 2% of clothing workers earn a fair wage – while many of us have wardrobes full of unworn outfits.” This is a complex problem, aggravated by our social need to belong, fashion dictates, and corporate profitability. Many have taken great strides to combat this menace to the world and to our survival. The idea of fast fashion is well known and actively debated. My dear friend, what a magnificent interview that I have come back to a few times to review.
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