The Curtain Gown is a signature work by Melbourne fashion phenomenon MATERIALBYPRODUCT. Blurring the boundary between fashion and interior design it has been critically acclaimed and widely publicised both here and overseas. Taking the ambiguity further The Curtain Gown gets Bones merges a Curtain Gown with a bi-folding screen to become a wall, a window covering, a box, a room, a freestanding sculpture …
27 JUNE – 30 AUGUST 2009, TUES-SUN 11am – 6.00pm
OBJECT GALLERY
417 BOURKE STREET
SURRY HILLS
FREE ADMISSION
SAME AIR, DIFFERENT TIME AW09
In association with Cafe Sydney, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design presents a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes with one of Australia’s leading conceptual fashion design teams, MATERIALBYPRODUCT.
MATERIALBYPRODUCT’s In House Show is a back-to-front fashion parade, where the model will be dressed, undressed and redressed before you. The performance showcases the intricacies, wear-ability and beauty of MATERIALBYPRODUCT. The collection is thoroughly sophisticated and incorporates handmade craftsmanship, signatures and manufacturing innovations. For the past five seasons MATERIALBYPRODUCT has created curtain gowns and played with the notion of a portable “fashion house”.
6 AUGUST, 9am
CAFÉ SYDNEY
31 ALFRED STREET
SYDNEY
COST: $50 (BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL, G.THOMAS@OBJECT.COM.AU, 02 9361 4555)
