Thursday, February 28, 2008

the crisis of fashion journalism in australia

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This sorry piece in the Sydney Morning Herald pretty such sums up the state of 95% of fashion reporting in this country (100% of TV reporti...
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misc.

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Models smiling at Hussein Chalayan . Who would have thought? Via a Google alert on eco-fashion came this . Whilst I have absolute respect fo...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

collection fabrication

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For a long time, I've been torn in regards to the fabrics for the collection. Of course I would like to use solely 'sustainable'...

misc.

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Bahar Shahpar Autumn 2008 collection: The use of the plaid in this is inspired though probably somewhat wasteful. Evolution/Revolution: Th...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

print repeats

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In a zero-waste approach to fashion creation, fabric poses significant considerations for design that one might not otherwise think about. R...
Sunday, February 24, 2008

a quick note

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I should clarify that I cannot share my key research findings here until after I've submitted my thesis and published the most significa...
Friday, February 22, 2008

new books

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Eight months after my last post, here I am, again. The collection is well on its way and the exhibition will take place in August 2008. Sinc...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

some thoughts on 'well dressed?' part 1

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'Well dressed? The present and future sustainability of clothing and textiles in the United Kingdom' is an excellent report from a ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

why not waste?

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At Design Inquiries an audience member asked me why we should worry about wasting (or not) fabric? I replied that I believed fabric to be a...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

i'm back (for now at least)

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It's been more than six months since the last post. Blogging didn't feel a right fit to document the practice on the kind of basis t...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Categorising fashion design - one example

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Ok, got the book [Rennolds Milbank, Caroline (1985) Couture. The Great Designers. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. New York], these are the...

Fashion design and making (part 1 of countless to come, no doubt)

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I suppose that underlying questions in my research are 'What is fashion design?' and 'What role, if any, does making play in fas...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Practice-led and practice-based research

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This research is about fashion design practice, and part of the research will be conducted through practice, but I am not convinced 'pra...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

My research and this blog

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My PhD looks into a way of making clothes that doesn't waste any fabric exclusive of the garment. Put it another way: if you make a zero...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Welcome!

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This blog is a place for me to document the makings of my PhD project. I will explain shortly what it's all about. Thanks, CT, for the e...