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Graduating designers deck the shed to celebrate 30th year
Graduating designers from RMIT University’s prestigious School of Fashion and
Textiles will fill Melbourne Docklands’ Shed 4 with the fruits of their years of hard
work in weaving, knitting, screen printing and experimental textiles.
The students hail from Moonee Valley, Manningham, Moreland, Melbourne,
Brimbank, Bayside, Stonnington, Caulfield/Glen Eira, Frankston and Tallarook.
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the show is set to be the largest yet as Textile,
Fashion and Footwear Design final-year students join forces for the first time. The
opening night celebration will include a spectacular runway fashion parade.
Since the mid-1970s, the School’s diploma programs have been educating
passionate people, including Liz Williamson, Julie Ryder, Nicky Gabriel, Kyoko
Osato, Ilka White and Kim Simon – fibre red, Stephanie Flemming – Five
Boroughs, who have since become respected on the Australian design scene.
Fashion and Textiles teacher, Julia Raath, said the School’s Textile Design
diplomas were the most comprehensive programs of their kind in Australia and the
only ones in Melbourne.
“They offer students a rigorous technical curriculum and equip them with a design
sensibility that encompasses ancient techniques and an understanding of modern
equipment and tools.
“This exhibition runs for a short time only and might be your only chance to see the
imaginative work of Melbourne’s freshest textile designers.”
WHAT:
RMIT presents … ASKEW
RMIT Textiles, Fashion and Footwear Diploma Graduate Show
WHEN:
24 to 26 November, 11am till 7pm, entry free
WHERE:
Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Docklands, Melbourne
OPENING NIGHT GALA:
24 November from 6-9pm. Entry fee of $10 includes refreshments,
guest speaker and fashion parade. Bookings essential
BOOKINGS:
(03) 9925 9201 or Julia.Raath@rmit.edu.au
For interviews or comment: Rebecca Coffey, 0421 958 469 or
rebecca.coffey@bigpond.com.au.
For general media enquiries, RMIT University Communications, David Glanz,
(03) 9925 2807 or 0438 547 723.
16 November, 2009
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