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FISHERMANS BEND
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HO CHI MINH CITY
HANOI
The Endless Garment showcases cutting-edge knit fashion
Throw away any notion of shawls, knitting needles and chunky wool vests – when
The Endless Garment exhibition opens at RMIT Gallery on 12 February it will
feature bold fashion, sexy revealing knits and astounding creations from 10
international and Australian designers.
“This exhibition will change the way people see knitwear. The clothes are so new
they have come straight from the catwalks of Paris and Milan,” curator Robyn
Healy said.
“Many of these designers don’t even stock their clothes in Australia. This will be the
first time people can see these clothes up close and in Melbourne. It’s a real coup.”
RMIT Gallery is proud to present a stunning collection of cutting-edge knit fashion
in a major new exhibition to showcase the combination of computerised industrial
knitting machines and international fashion design.
The Endless Garment: The New Craft of Machine Knitting brings to Australia for
the first time nine leading international designers: ISSEY MIYAKE (Japan), Yoshiki
Hishinuma (Japan), Sandra Backlund (Sweden), Cooperative Designs (UK), Mark
Fast (UK), Saverio Palatella (Italy), Freddie Robins (UK), SIBLING (UK) and Walter
Van Beirendonck (Belgium).
Dai Fujiwara, Creative Director of ISSEY MIYAKE Creative Room, will give a public
lecture at RMIT University’s Storey Hall on 17 March, 6pm-8pm.
Successful Australian knitwear designer Nikki Gabriel – who has worked with
designers including Akira Isogawa – features in the exhibition and will make a
address at the opening night on Thursday, 11 February, 6pm-8 pm.
A model will be wearing Ms Gabriel’s designs at the event.
Now based in New Zealand, Ms Gabriel will also conduct a workshop at RMIT
Gallery on Friday, 12 February, featuring her highly popular Construction Patterns
and imported yarn.
RMIT is the leading educational institution for fashion and textile education in the
southern hemisphere.
RMIT Gallery Director Suzanne Davies said it was fitting the gallery was presenting
an innovative exhibition of this calibre.
“We are thrilled that internationally renowned designer Dai Fujiwara has agreed to
give a public lecture specifically tied into this exhibition,” Ms Davies said.
“We will also be transforming part of the gallery into a knitting factory with two
computerised flat bed knitting machines from SHIMA SEIKI producing garments
that push the boundaries of what knitwear is.”
For media enquiries, photos and interviews with artists: RMIT Gallery Media
Coordinator, Evelyn Tsitas, (03) 9925 1716, 0418 139 015, or
evelyn.tsitas@rmit.edu.au.
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