If I Iived in San Diego, I'd be heading over to the Fabric-Free Fashion Show at the Visions Art Museum. Running through July 24th, the show features the work of 22 designers who made their fashions out of anything other than fabric.
Before you check out the captions beneath each of these images (courtesy of dk3 studios LLC), try to guess what the pieces are made of -- I bet you'll be surprised!
This lovely dress (above), based on the themes of paper, plastic and plants, is made by Anne Edwards dba, Anne Richardson Collection. It's made of eco packing paper, food containers, and leaves and stems all made out of plastic. There's also some scrap silk and tulle as the base.
Anne, who told me about this show, said, " I like to capture and translate something odd and make it really fun." I think she succeeded -- the textures and colors really work well together.
Dress made out of shoestring black licorice by Eduardo Torres
Did you guess that the dress above was made out of licorice?!?!?!
The guest curator for the show is Susan Lazear, Professor of Fashion at San Diego's Mesa College and founder of Cochemille Design Studio. Lazear's idea behind the show was to get designers to move out of the familiar: "Designers are using things we look at every day but don't see as fashion."
Bottle Cap Dress by Shaun Muscolo
Using non-traditional materials in fashion is hot right now, given the emphasis many designers place on working with sustainable materials or methods. Fabric-free takes the concept of sustainable fashion even one step further by re-purposing objects like bottle caps (above) or plastic forks (below).
Plastic Fork Dress by Osbaldo Ahumada
Regardless of the materials, these pieces are very fashionable and provocative and fun. Don't miss the Fabric-Free Fashion Show!
Thanks for posting the photos! They've been hard to find online. Great show!
Posted by: Minka | July 02, 2011 at 08:13 AM