Australian designers Romance was Born, Issey Miyake and other high-profile practitioners proved  that sustainability and fashion can coexist in this international exhibition.

Sustainability is becoming integral to the way clothing is produced, used and discarded.

Fashioning Now explored various methods that are rooted in low-impact production.

Fashioning Now included garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and video.

Curated by Alison Gwilt, Course Director, Fashion and Textile Design, University of

Technology, Sydney, and Timo Rissanen, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and

Sustainability, Parsons the New School of Design, New York.

Participating Practitioners:

Mike Betts & Mark Holt, Better Thinking Ltd.

Dr Kate Fletcher, London College of Fashion

Alison Gwilt, UTS

Alex Martin, Little Brown Dress

Issey Miyake, Gene Sherman Collection

Anna Plunkett & Luke Sales, Romance Was Born

Timo Rissanen, UTS

Bijan Sheikhlary, Savile Row tailor

Jennifer Shellard, London College of Fashion

Professor Helen Story, London College of Fashion

Fashioning Now Media Release

Fashioning Now in STM

Fashioning Now in OUTinPerth