Concrete Playground

The little black dress is dead, viva la little brown dress; it’s more dapper, younger cousin. Actually, it’s a project designed to curb textile consumption thanks to a garment re-styled and worn over an entire year.

This is one of the many ideas featuring at Fashioning Now, an exhibition and symposium at UTS Gallery during Sydney Design 09. The exhibition will showcase innovative research projects and explore the issue of fashion and sustainability, particularly the way clothing is produced, used and discarded.

Another work includes the disappearing dress - one that slowly dissolves over 28 days to become nothing more than liquid.

In addition, an array of garments, photography, fashion illustrations and time-based media targeted at the Australian design community will highlight the need for alternative modes of material production.