Quick Unpick talks
The Social Studio presents its third series of public fashion talks where local designers talk about their experiences and the ideas that underpin their work.
$10/8 entry fee ($5 if you attend more than one talk) includes drinks. Money raised goes towards materials for The Social Studio students.
The Quick Unpick talks will take place at The Social Studio, 128 Smith Street, Collingwood.
Maryann Talia Pau
Wednesday 1st June 6.30-7.30pm
The Social Studio collaborator, Maryann Talia Pau creates jewellery and body adornment pieces that reference sacred Pacific Islander cultures and ideologies under her label Mana Couture. Maryann will discuss her past and present projects including Fashioning the Mana her solo NGV exhibition inspired by the tapa denim outfit H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near (by Samoan artist Rosanna Raymond) and ex.o.dus, a group exhibition commenting on lands, shifting identities and values of the artists as Indigenous women.
Amy Carr-Bottomley
Wednesday 15th June 6.30-7.30pm
Recently listed as one of Melbourne’s influential and creative people in The Age Melbourne Magazine, Amy Carr Bottomley’s experimental work takes a three dimensional approach to textiles using innovative yarns and fibres. Amy will present her award-winning project The Equation, where origami tessellation designs are applied to textiles to reveal hidden patterns and moving surfaces. She will also discuss the slow design principles and practice behind Wovenspoke, her recently launched range of woven accessories for bike commuters imbedded with retro-reflective yarn.
Alice Edgeley
Wednesday 29th June 6.30-7.30pm
Social Studio’s new neighbour Alice Edgeley has just opened up her boutique store on Gertrude Street, right next to Rose Chong’s costume shop where she first started sewing as a teenager. Join us as Alice discusses the costume world of sequins, beads and longevity, creating outfits for music videos and artists such as Arlene TextaQueen and Marawa the Amazing Hula Hoop Lady, her musings on the art of dressing up, as well as introducing her first Edgeley collection of wild leotards, pleated skirts and dapper shirts.
Photographer credit: Jo Duck
Pia Interlandi
Wednesday 13th July 6.30-7.30pm
Pia Interlandi’s fashion work incorporates death and ideas of performance, exhibition and ritual. Her current PhD study Dressing Death; Garments for the Grave looks at the transformational processes of decomposition and reincarnation, and the environmental issues surrounding both apparel and funeral industries. Pia will share film footage of her fashion projects that experiment with dissolvable fabrics as a method of exploring life’s transient qualities and discuss her most recent project entailing the burial of 21 specially-clothed pigs.
