YIELD: Making Fashion Without Making Waste

Sept 10 - Dec 2, 2011

Open to the Public beginning Saturday, September 10th
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Zero Waste Fashion Design Weekend Workshop!
Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan are hosting a one-of-a-kind weekend workshop. During this master-class participants will learn the techniques to design and make a zero waste garment!
September 10, 11AM - 6PM $75
November 12 + 13, 11-AM - 5PM $200
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Curators Talk: Sept 12, 7PM
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Approximately fifteen percent of the fabric used to create a piece of clothing ends up in a landfill, but the zero waste fashion design movement aims to change this. In Yield, we see the work of passionate New Zealand and international fashion designers who have a radical ambition – to make fashion without making waste.

Zero waste fashion focuses on creating clothes that look good, but leave little or no waste. Historically, all clothes were designed to minimize waste. Left over fabric was never thrown out and patterns were designed like a puzzle, as seen in the Japanese kimono. The industrial revolution changed this approach as cloth became cheaper and seemingly easier to throw away. Zero waste clothing began reappearing in the first half of the 20th century.

Contemporary pioneers such as Zandra Rhodes emerged in the 1970s and since then, more designers have started experimenting with designs and smart techniques to eliminate waste - without sacrificing style. One such technique is to create a garment pattern, with gussets, pockets, collars and trims, that fits together like a puzzle. Another is to not cut the fabric, but drape it onto a mannequin, then tuck, layer and sew. Today, zero waste has become a focus for top fashion schools and an inspiration of the truly fashion forward.

Curators
Holly McQuillan
Timo Rissanen

Exhibition Design
Chris Jackson

Graphic Design
Gerbrand van Melle

Digital Design
Thomas Le Bas

Exhibiting Designers
Natalie Chanin, Carla Fernandez, Sam Formo, Julia Lumsden, Holly McQuillan, Caroline Priebe, Timo Rissanen, Julian Roberts, Tara St. James, David Telfer, Yeohlee Teng, Jennifer Whitty


For more information, please visit the official YIELD website.