Octopus's Garden

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Publisher:: Japan Fashion Week Organization
Publication Type:: Exhibition
Citation:: The 1st SHINMAI Creator's Project Show

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dc.contributor.author	Sgro, DM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0300-1389	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Japan Fashion Week, JFW	en_US
dc.date	2009-03-23	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The 1st SHINMAI Creator's Project Show	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17514
dc.description.abstract	The collection of garments, titled 'Octopus's Garden, was developed for exhibition as part of the 1st SHINMAI Creator's Project Show, sponsored by the Japan Fashion Week Organization as part of the 8th Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo. I was selected as one of five winners from 60 applications and 17 countries, to receive sponsorship. The collection was presented in 2 catwalk shows on 23rd March 2009, as part of the official schedule. At each show 500 guests from the fashion industry, media, and the public were present. The collection received significant press coverage in Japan, together with articles from other parts of the world. Selections from the collection were later exhibited in Sydney and Paris. Investigating a biomimetic approach, the collection was based on a study of the properties of deep sea creatures, along with research into the potential for using technologically advanced Japanese fabrics in order to create high quality garments that encapsulated slow fashion properties. Part of the collection included the use of Morphotex, the worldâs first structurally coloured fiber created by nanotechnology using a biomimetic approach, developed by Teijin Fiber Japan. Other fibres used included the eco-fibre, Tencel. The prints developed were also environmentally friendly. The collection investigated a slow fashion approach via the method of combining new developments in Japanese materials together with high quality manufacturing techniques. The slow fashion approach is part of an emergent fashion design practice which embraces sustainable business principles, and emphasizes quality and longevity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JabNp6zjTpc http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/shinmai-creators-project-rtw-fall-2009-2080755	en_US
dc.publisher	Japan Fashion Week Organization	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	The 1st SHINMAI Creator's Project Show	en_US
dc.title	Octopus's Garden	en_US
dc.type	Exhibition
utslib.location	Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan	en_US
utslib.for	120306 Textile and Fashion Design	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.place-of-publication	Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan	en_US
pubs.start-date	2009-03-23	en_US

Abstract:

The collection of garments, titled 'Octopus's Garden, was developed for exhibition as part of the 1st SHINMAI Creator's Project Show, sponsored by the Japan Fashion Week Organization as part of the 8th Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo. I was selected as one of five winners from 60 applications and 17 countries, to receive sponsorship. The collection was presented in 2 catwalk shows on 23rd March 2009, as part of the official schedule. At each show 500 guests from the fashion industry, media, and the public were present. The collection received significant press coverage in Japan, together with articles from other parts of the world. Selections from the collection were later exhibited in Sydney and Paris. Investigating a biomimetic approach, the collection was based on a study of the properties of deep sea creatures, along with research into the potential for using technologically advanced Japanese fabrics in order to create high quality garments that encapsulated slow fashion properties. Part of the collection included the use of Morphotex, the worldâs first structurally coloured fiber created by nanotechnology using a biomimetic approach, developed by Teijin Fiber Japan. Other fibres used included the eco-fibre, Tencel. The prints developed were also environmentally friendly. The collection investigated a slow fashion approach via the method of combining new developments in Japanese materials together with high quality manufacturing techniques. The slow fashion approach is part of an emergent fashion design practice which embraces sustainable business principles, and emphasizes quality and longevity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JabNp6zjTpc http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/shinmai-creators-project-rtw-fall-2009-2080755

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