Fragments edited by Alana Clifton-Cunningham, design lecturer and Alison Gwilt, Course Director, Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles

First published: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9775325-7-5
Price: $5.00 (plus $1.00 postage and handling within Australia, $2.00 international) Print run: 200 Size: 148 x 209 mm (A5), 16pp

Everyday fashion components and elements such as the pocket, the sleeve or the seam become often eclipsed by the theatrics of the fashion spectacle. Very little time is dedicated to the study of fashion in detail and the intricacies of high fashion become invisible in the catwalk show or fashion photograph. Through an examination of the details in fashion garments we can reconsider traditional methods and techniques of fashion making and lead designers to explore new innovations.

Since modern living has encouraged us to buy mass-produced clothing that is inexpensive and of inferior quality, Fragments aims to examine the potential in creating high quality, individual or limited edition garments through an exploration of the specialised techniques applied in high fashion. In particular, this catalogue suggests that through this method of specialisation the lifecycle of a fashion garment may be extended.

As society focuses increasingly on environmental and social issues, both academics suggest in Fragments, the fashion industry too is responsible for the proactive prevention of thousands of tonnes of 'fast fashion' dumped in landfill every year.

Fragments features imagery from the exhibition of the same name, and articles by Kees Dorst, Associate Dean for Research at UTS: Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building; Timo Rissasen, PhD candidate at UTS: Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building; Lucy Godoroja, Director, All Buttons Great and Small.

Alana Clifton-Cunningham is a lecturer in the School of Design at UTS. She has worked within the Australian fashion industry in swimwear and womenswear design. As an academic, her area of specialisation and research examines the perceptions and multiple meanings that surround contemporary knitting.

Alison Gwilt is the course director of the Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles at UTS. Originally from the UK, Alison has a degree in fashion & textiles from Central St Martins College in London. She is currently undertaking a PhD exploring the issue of sustainability in the context of the Paris couture fashion houses.

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