Curiosity & the Cloth: IOTA21 Fashion Event – 20210919 (Full Show) – FESCH.TV

FESCH.TV INFORMIERT:

CURIOSITY & THE CLOTH took place on SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER; at
BOOLA BARDIP, WA MUSEUM, PERTH CULTURAL CENTRE, Western Australia.

A fashion event like no other. It featured designers from Kenya, India, Malaysia, and Thailand alongside First Nations designers from Western Australia & Northern Territory.

Each designer and collaboration on a journey of discovery within the material culture of their homeland, whether through craft, surface decoration, shape, or environmental sustainability by up-cycling and re-purposing discarded or pre-worn garments. Many translate traditional aesthetics and ancestral visual language into internationally recognised brands, creating new fashion narratives that are deeply rooted in the culture of place.

With several of the designers’ work regularly hitting the catwalks in Europe and New York, the event was a showcase of contemporary global fashion with an Indian Ocean rim twist.

IOTA21 presented, in collaboration with Curtin University School of Design and the Built Environment, supported by WA Museum.

The event was supported by the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts and the Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program.