Opening 25 July 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the exhibition will run through until 22 August 2007.
This historic exhibition has been created specially to mark 200 years of Australian wool in fashion. It will include modern, vintage and historical fashion design pieces from major Australian and international designers celebrating wool and its extraordinary role in the history of modern fashion.
Historical material in the exhibition will include some of the earliest fleeces from the Australian Merino flock and other outstanding material from the collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Australia’s largest museum of science, technology, design and decorative arts.
The exhibition coincides with Sydney Design Week, one of Australia’s premier design festivals. Produced annually by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Design showcases home-grown and international talent across the breadth of design. Speakers from the Australian wool and fashion industries will give presentations throughout the festival.
The core of the exhibition will be fabulous fashion pieces comprising of early historical, vintage and modern pieces by leading international and Australian designers. The vintage selection includes names such as Christian Dior, YSL, Chanel, Balenciaga, Giorgio Armani and Jenny Kee. The contemporary designers include Akira Isogawa, Josh Goot, Easton Pearson, Jayson Brunsdon, Proenza Schouler and Martin Grant.
Other material will include pivotal fashion photographs gleaned from design history spanning two centuries. Central to the design of the exhibition will be large video screens projecting archival and contemporary footage including the bicentennial wool show of 1988 and recent footage on the collaboration of AWI and contemporary Australian designers.
This historic exhibition has been created specially to mark 200 years of Australian wool in fashion. It will include modern, vintage and historical fashion design pieces from major Australian and international designers celebrating wool and its extraordinary role in the history of modern fashion.
Historical material in the exhibition will include some of the earliest fleeces from the Australian Merino flock and other outstanding material from the collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Australia’s largest museum of science, technology, design and decorative arts.
The exhibition coincides with Sydney Design Week, one of Australia’s premier design festivals. Produced annually by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Design showcases home-grown and international talent across the breadth of design. Speakers from the Australian wool and fashion industries will give presentations throughout the festival.
The core of the exhibition will be fabulous fashion pieces comprising of early historical, vintage and modern pieces by leading international and Australian designers. The vintage selection includes names such as Christian Dior, YSL, Chanel, Balenciaga, Giorgio Armani and Jenny Kee. The contemporary designers include Akira Isogawa, Josh Goot, Easton Pearson, Jayson Brunsdon, Proenza Schouler and Martin Grant.
Other material will include pivotal fashion photographs gleaned from design history spanning two centuries. Central to the design of the exhibition will be large video screens projecting archival and contemporary footage including the bicentennial wool show of 1988 and recent footage on the collaboration of AWI and contemporary Australian designers.
