Student Second-hand Clothing Redesign Display
From 3rd to 26th July 2023, our Brunswick Research Studio was home to a Student Second-hand Clothing Redesign Display, exploring concepts of reuse and redesign through a showcase of redesigned second-hand clothing pieces.
Our PlaceLab Brunswick team collaborated with RMIT’s School of Fashion & Textiles to feature a selection of garments redesigned and produced by students undertaking the course Fashion Design Reuse, led by Course Coordinator Dr Georgia McCorkill.
Redesigned second-hand clothing pieces by RMIT School of Fashion & Textiles students.
Image: RMIT PlaceLab.
Student designers were challenged to select and redesign two used garments or textile items, with opposing characteristics or design concepts, to create one harmonious redesigned garment, or an entire outfit.
With a focus on clothing remanufacture in fashion production, the redesigned garments demonstrated sustainable design techniques through experimental design practice, challenging common understandings of the fashion design process.
Drawing inspiration from deconstructionist techniques and avant-garde aesthetics, the students were encouraged to experiment and apply their own creative process to redesign their existing items into something ‘new’.
Redesigned second-hand clothing pieces by RMIT School of Fashion & Textiles students.
Image: RMIT PlaceLab.
Alongside the redesigned second-hand clothing pieces, the exhibition also featured a digital display of video interviews communicating the redesign journeys with RMIT student exhibitors, Dr Georgia McCorkill and RMIT Tutors Courtney Holm and Ashley Martiniello. The interviews explored the student design brief, the process of redesigning existing garments and the challenges the students experienced along the way.
If you weren’t able to visit our Brunswick Research Studio for the exhibition, watch the student design journey interviews below!
A huge thank you to all who collaborated on, supported, and visited the Student Second-hand Clothing Redesign Display over the past month!
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The Display was presented by RMIT PlaceLab Brunswick in collaboration with RMIT’s School of Fashion & Textiles through the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) course Fashion Design Reuse.
RMIT PlaceLab Researchers:
Hayley Thompson, Nhu Bui & Louise Godwin
RMIT PlaceLab Communications Assistant:
Dani Francisco
RMIT Course Coordinator:
Dr Georgia McCorkill
RMIT Tutors:
Courtney Holm & Ashley Martiniello
Student Exhibitors:
Olena Merrin, Ineska Harrison, Gina-Karlotta Magdaluyo, Zhen Chen, Sai Fan (Mario) Cheng, Dan Zhu, Muhammad Danish Bin Saiful Rizal (Danish), Madellyn Lie, Lavanya (Lav) Rawat, Stephanie Rahardja, Laura Kimie Tomanari Ignacio, Maria Alejandra Romero Fernandez, Laura Scurrah, Rebecca Lee & Lutao (Jill) Ban.