See/ Well Fashioned: Eco Style in the UK/ 23 March 2006 to 3 March 2007
General Information
Given that the majority of a garment’s impact on the environment occurs after the item has left the shop, an important part of the exhibition looks at the role of the consumer. How can a garment be bought, washed and disposed of as ecologically and ethically as possible?’
The integrity of what we wear was questioned at every level with examples of fairly-traded fashion alongside collections that both reinvent and preserve traditional UK making techniques.
Many of the designers include political and ethical messages in their work, and run their small companies by adhering to a green or social ethos. Well Fashioned also included designers who create recycled and customised clothing, and in a way that involves and connects with the consumer.
Well Fashioned was curated by designer and researcher Rebecca Earley
Well Fashioned exhibitors included:
B.Earley, Barabara Lee, Sarah Ratty, Gracie Burnett, Enamore (by Jenny McPherson), Kate Goldsworthy, howies, Junky Styling, juste. (by Tamsin Lejeune), Keep and Share (by Amy Twigger), Dr. Emma Neuberg, Osvo Mode (by Jeanette Osterried and Thomas Voorn), red mutha (by Lize Curtis) Professor Dai Rees, Sari (by Sital Haria and Sam Cook), Benjamin Shine, Beyond Skin (by Nathalie Dean), Suitcase (by Edson Raupp) Terra Plana (by Galahd Clark),Ting (by Ingua Ting) and Alison Willoughby.
Date Information
Crafts Council Gallery: 23 Mar to 4 Jun 2006
The City Gallery, Leicester: 15 Jul to 26 Aug 2006
The Design Centre, Barnsley: 7 Sep to 20 Oct 2006
City Museum & Records Office, Portsmouth: 4 Nov 2006 to 7 Jan 2007
Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton: 20 Jan to 3 Mar 2007
