On the 22nd of April Sydney is in for a live collaborative explosion of our very own. How apt that I have only just posted about how important and successful joint ventures into creativity can be when I find out that new fashion label D&Em will be launching their new art/fashion collaborative collection at an event called Being Born Again Couture Fashion. The D&Em line sprung from early collaborations with artists and now focuses creating a fusion of fashion and art by working with artists such as Susan Andrews, Andrew Hopkins and Parris Dewhurst. D&Em call their work 'ready to wear art' and push fashion to that art/fashion border which can be oh so much fun but sadly sometimes oh so scary. In this instance...things seem to be going oh so well.
The pair have teamed up ten designers with ten artists of their own choosing and asked the designers to develop a couture piece for what sounds like an amazing show with not only the launch of D&Em and the collaborative couture show, but all sorts of artworks and performers in the setting of a beautiful old sandstone jail cell at the National School of Art's Cell Block Theatre. Between light based artworks, trapeze artists, fashion designers and a bundle of musicians the event should really show off just what creative collaborations can do.
Sadly we'll have to wait until then to see the results of the collaborations but I've been lucky enough to have had a sneak peak and things are looking amazing! One of the collaborations is Sydney designer Marnie Skillings using Tracey Moffatt's work as inspiration...I'm picturing some very, very wonderful things!
Image (Marnie Skillings Spring/Summer 08/09)
Image (Tracey Moffatt 'Invocations #2', 2000)
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