Hi Allan,sorry for my delay on sending you the details about the project.
Actually a lot of things happened during this time and another project just came up and maybe, it can become the one to show to Mr. Chalayan.
This new project is for CSM and I'm working with a German partner called Petra.
This is a quite important project because it deals with sustainability in fashion and me and Petra had developed a really strong concept that will became not a collection but an experience, and so, to look really proper its documentation have to be perfect.
For the documentation we think about pictures and a short movie and it will be almost all in studio.
The experiment:
We will call 10 women from different age and race. Blondes, Brunettes, Gingers, Orientals, Black, Caribbean. Inside a studio with white background, we are going to dispose some squares of different fabrics with diverse bright colors. Old look, transparent, silk, cotton, plain, printed. Thus, we ask these 10 girls to use these fabrics to create pieces of garments. A top, a skirt, a dress, bags...
Our inspiration is mainly an artist called Helio Oiticica, whose works are in a retrospective exhibition at TATE Modern now. Oiticica has made a series called “Parangole” which deals with creativity and participation of the public. In my web site, you can find the visual and text material for this project.
We are suppose to make the experiment in the end of next week, maybe the 14th June, and have to hand in the project in two weeks, 22nd June.
Do you have any interest?
The website is:
http://etiquetteintruders.blogspot.com/
Look for "Sustainability (In Process)" inside "Portfolio" list at the right side of the screen.
Look forward hearing from you.
Hope you enjoy.
Olivia.
