Making Fashion Without Making Waste | 26 March – 26 June 2011 | Media Release
Featuring the work of international fashion designers, including Zandra Rhodes and Yeohlee Teng, with a common thread of how the fabric is cut – and how much of it is wasted through the design process. All the exhibited garments have been created with little or zero fabric waste.
Curators, Holly McQuillan, from Massey University Wellington, and Timo Rissanen, from the prestigious Parsons The New School for Design, New York, (the inspiration for the television show, Project Runway), are also designers in the show. They share a passion for reducing waste, without compromising style for sustainability. Listen to an interview with Holly on National Radio's 'This Way Up': http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup/20110326
The designers are: Zandra Rhodes, Yeohlee Teng (Yeohlee), Timo Rissanen, Holly McQuillan, Jennifer Whitty, David Telfer, Julian Roberts, Sam Formo, Caroline Priebe (Uluru), Carla Fernandez (Flora2), Tara St James and Natalie Chanin (Alabama Chanin).
Image credit:
Yeohlee Teng, Zero Waste Sarong, YEOHLEE Fall 2009. Courtesy of Yeohlee Teng | Holly McQuillan, Twinset, 2010 (Textile design by Genevieve Packer). Courtesy of Holly McQuillan | Zandra Rhodes, Chinese Squares, Chinese Collection Spring / Summer 1980. Copyright Zandra Rhodes. Collection of the San Diego History Center. Gift of Lucretia G Morrow. Photo: Copyright Chris Travers, San Diego History Center