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World of Wearable Art
Winner 2010
Open Section
Loops, Yogesh Chaudhary &
Manas Barve, India
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art
to wear", refers to individually designed
pieces of (usually) hand-made clothing or
jewellery created as fine or expressive art.
While the making of any article of clothing or
other wearable object typically involves
aesthetic considerations, the term wearable
art implies that the work is intended to be
accepted as a serious and unique artistic
creation or statement.
Wearable Art
the body
materials
signs & function
symbols
Wearable Art
the body
Wearable art is for the body
think about where it will be on the body
What is the function of that part of the body.
Are you trying to decorate the body
Are you trying to conceal the body
Are you trying to accentuate the body
Are you trying to protect the body
Are you interested in body image
How does the media portray the body
Matthew Barney, CREMASTER 3
Wearable Art
function
What is the purpose of your garment
Is it purely decorative
You may choose to challenge the concept of function.
For example; making a garment out of paper.
A garment has a certain function and paper has a certain function
What are they
Do they relate to each other
think about how different materials have different functions
Mariko Mori
Lycra is elastic
Denim is durable
Would it be functional to make a swimsuit out of denim
Wearable Art
signs
&
symbols
Signs and Symbols are everywhere
They can be as subtle as colour
or as overt as a peace sign
Some signs and symbols are universal
Some are personal
You may choose to develop your own symbols
Or explore the signs and symbols of other cultures
Every element of your work has a meaning
So think carefully about your choices
Wearable Art
materials
Think about the materials you use
What other materials could you use
Think about materials that are not normally used for garments
Like a skirt made out of bubble wrap
Or a top made out of bottle caps linked together
Jewelry made from barbed wire
Think about the symbolism of different materials
Fur is luxurious, Silk is exotic, Nylon is tacky
Think about combining unusual textures
Like fur and metal, wood and lace
The Montana* World of WearableArt™
(WOW®)
Awards Show is an extravaganza that twists
conventional perceptions of both art and
fashion and weaves them into a two-hour
performance that has been described as,
“Mardi Gras meets Haute Couture at a Peter
Gabriel concert directed by Salvador Dali”.
Breathtaking works of art are designed for the
moving body, then individually choreographed
into an extraordinary theatrical show
entwined with every facet of performance:
music, dance, lighting, drama and comedy.
WOW® is completely unique every year and
New Zealand is proud to hold this world-class
event, now in its third decade, on local soil.
http://www.fashionfantasia.com.au/
Commercially organised wearable fashion show in Australia
(watch the 2008 show)
The Third Annual
VAA Wearable Art and Runway Fashion Show
"Bring It On!" - February 21, 2009
"Dream On"
Designed and Created by Nicole Pease
Modeled by the artist
In Alaska, a fairy godmother would have to use duct
tape and a blue tarp to make this evening gown for
Cinderella, complete with her pumpkin carriage!
All of us long for our Prince or Princess Charming, so
bring it on!
http://www.valleyartsalliance.com/archives_wa2009.html
Conceived by fashion designer and
creative director Gary Harvey, this
collection set out to prove that
recycled clothing can be beautiful,
innovative, and enchanting.
Made from 21 laundry bags
http://fabgreen.com/2009/09/06/fashion-remarkable-recycled-dresses/
A billowy, crinkly
confection of a skirt is
made from 30 paper
issues of the Financial
Times. Perfectly
newsworthy and
recyclable.
The Green Wave
Is held in Brighton
The educational yet fun eco
event helps raise awareness
across a broad spectrum of
green issues.
This exquisitely structured dress has been made entirely out of recycled old
phonebooks, creating something unique and appealing out of an obsolete old item.
Phillip Toledano
“Hope & Fear” is the external manifestation of internal desires and paranoia that are
adrift in contemporary American society. What are we afraid of? What do we love?
How does our society function, and what does it worship?
*All costumes are real
2004
http://www.mrtoledano.com
Burca
http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/f31/shoes-made-plantsa-135500/
Laurel leaves, rosehips and assorted leaves and
thorns make for a jaunty waistcoat. (Photo
courtesy of Nicole Dextras)
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/07/17/forget-floral-prints-these-clothes-are-made-of-flowers/
Jamie Uretsky's Interactive Fat Suit
http://www.meganandmurray.com/2005/05/index.html
Caleb Calabro,
Paper Shoes
http://atypical-shoes.tumblr.com/page/3
Bloody Wreck
The killing of animals for their fur is disgusting and
inhuman. The fact that every fur collar or coat, an
animal has suffered is just sickening. It is not only
that they have died; it is also the methods of which
they were killed, by breaking the neck, lethal
injection or electrocution. This is a disgrace to the
human race and should not be practiced.
This piece of wearable art was designed and made
as a statement about this issue, aiming to bring to
light the sadness of animal slaughter. The dress was
made using un-stuffed teddy bears to represent fur,
and red material to represent blood pooling at the
Tips:
1. Pick something you feel
strongly about
2. Know that you can do it
even if it will be hard
(Everyone thought I
wouldn’t be able to)
3. Have fun with it, be
creative, IT IS ART!!
4. Be yourself; pick
something that really
depicts how you feel.
5. Stick to it ( This piece
took FOREVER)
6. Use all the time you can
Amelia Hulme and
Jasmine Marks
o WORLDS APART
My piece is a representation of learning
and the use of raw materials in the
earlier years (say the 16th century.)
Made of old burnt book pages, it
signifies the fragility of the old ways of
learning. And my partner Jasmine’s
dress is to signify how we have become
sturdier and improved, depending more
on electricity and up-and-coming
technologies. These two dresses are set
in contrast but their similar forms
represent the ever present thirst for
knowledge and the continuous forward
movement in technology and learning
that is synonymous among the entirety
of the human existence.
Both our pieces
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Jasmine’s piece was modelled in these photos by Hannah Royster, and I
modelled my own dress.
Problems I had with my art
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My choice of dress probably wasn’t the best. All I can say is that if you’re using an existing
piece of clothing, make sure your method of application will work with the fabric you’re
getting!
I sowed my pages on, and didn’t realise until I’d started that I would have trouble accessing
underneath the outer skirt. I ended up having to cut up the sides of the outer skirt and re-sow
them afterwards.
The bodice of the dress turned out differently to how I’d imagined it. I didn’t think of the lack
of elasticity in the book pages, and they didn’t sit well how I’d first planned, so I had to
change it.
I also didn’t consider the fact that it wouldn’t take much strain before the thread ripped
through the pages, and some fell off as I wore it for my photos. Thankfully it wasn’t too
drastic and I got a fair few decent pictures before I lost too many pages.
There was a lot more time involved with making the dress than I’d first thought. Due to my
lack of planning, I was working on it up until the day before it was due