Geelong residents and visitors alike can discover the power of slow fashion through frantic making and rapid design by attending Fashion Disrupted at the National Wool Museum during Geelong Design Week.
Showcasing just how fashion is full of contradictions and challenges, activities during the weekend reveal how an industry based on consumption, conformity and aspiration can at the same time be sustainable, radical, and inclusive.
Community members are invited to delve into these grey areas by joining fashion disruptors to explore the power of creativity, design, and sustainable style over five days from October 20-24.
The Museum is hosting a series of activities during Geelong Design Week with free entry on 21-22 October 2023 between 10:00am and 5:00pm:
- We The Makers, Sustainable Fashion Prize 2023 – the exhibition (open daily until 29 October 2023)
- House Of Fast Fashun (Daily from 19 to 29 October 2023 – all ages)
A house made of clothing and textile waste, a space for community, collaboration and self-expression. Join the team from Fast Fashun on 21 October participate in the hourly fashion show.
- DIY or Die Fashion Show and Cocktail Party, featuring Fast Fashun (20 October 2023 – 18+ event)
A night of fun, fashion and celebration as we mark the closing of We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize 2023. The event to wear and share locally made garments, fashion and everything in between.
- Geelong Fashion Takeover (21–22 October 2023 – all ages)
Join local We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize 2023 finalists as they take over the Museum and turn it into a house of creativity! Installations by Emily Rastas, Kate V M Sylvester, Jasmine-Skye Marinos and Lazarus Gordon.
- Creative Practice Forum (24 October 2023)
For VCE student and educators. Half day forum to meet and learn from Sustainable Fashion Prize 2023 finalists. Gain insight into the designer’s creative processes and their approach to research, business, experimentation, and realisation of the outfit on display.
The National Wool Museum is open daily from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Tickets are available at the door and includes entry to all exhibition galleries.
Visit the National Wool Museum website for more information.
Mayor Trent Sullivan
I urge residents to consider visiting the National Wool Museum programs exhibitions.
The exhibitions showcase some wonderfully creative work generated by fashion designers from across our region and beyond.
There are some great opportunities to gain an up-close and personal experience of a really diverse creative space.
Fashion Disrupted showcases the amazing resourcefulness and creative talents of our fashion designers, especially those based in Geelong and the region; I encourage everyone to visit the National Wool Museum – your museum – during Design Week 2023.
Councillor Melissa Cadwell – Creativity and Culture portfolio chair
These programs, Fashion Disrupted in particular, really showcase the amazing resourcefulness and creative talents of our fashion designers.
Greater Geelong residents should come to the National Wool Museum and witness these outstanding exhibitions for themselves.
Padraic Fisher – National Wool Museum Director
I join Mayor Sullivan in inviting residents to visit the Museum.
I’ve often said that as A Museum of, and for Geelong, we are committed to encouraging creativity.
