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Gemma Anastasiou in Monument Education Issue
Some gorgeous imagery and editorial for the Monument Education Issue, profiling the work of Gemma Anastasiou. Gemma developed a unique method of colouring cloth with fresh pressed flowers, inspired by environmentally friendly approaches to colouring ...
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NSW Business Chamber TCF Award
Celebrating its 10th year of sponsorship, the NSW Business Chamber Textiles Clothing & Footwear Award supports a graduating fashion & textiles student to develop their business idea. This award is designed to mentor the development ...
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JOSEPHINE NYOMAN
JOSEPHINE NYOMAN DE-FORMATION 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection DE-FORMATION s/s 2013 is a result of exploring excess ornamentation and structure within the Baroque style of architecture and re-interpreting its aesthetic codes in a minimalist and ...
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DANIELLE FEIGLER
DANIELLE FEIGLER BLEACHED 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Bleached embodies the essence of the Australian youth surf culture during the 1960s. The brief moment when it was just surfing, no ironic cool, no ulterior motive. ...
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STEPHANIE LAI
STEPHANIE LAI ROAME 4th Year Menswear Collection The vibe for this collection is East meets West. Feelings of leisure and the exotic Other are paired with reinterpreted tailoring techniques and a sense of the urban ...
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NIKKI NEWMAN
NIKKI NEWMAN Dark Light 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Dark Light is a reflection of the darkness within oneself, a duality of polar opposites that are interconnected and interdependent, only existing in relation to each ...
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YVONNE MAK
YVONNE MAK Laced Masquerade 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Laced Masquerade is a collection which is inspired by the mysterious nature of the women behind the laced mask. The confining nature of laced masks the ...
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the future of fashion tickets on sale now
UTS unveils the future names in fashion in two catwalk shows on Tuesday 4 December at its annual UTS Fashion Show. Each show will feature up to 12 runway collections that will introduce the fresh, ...
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STACEY BIEN
STACEY BIEN Space, Subtraction 4th Year Menswear Collection This collection is grounded in the unique contemporary interpretation of Russian Constructivists visual handwriting and their handcraft application of collaging. The collection is an investigation into the ...
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ELLA CHANG
ELLA CHANG Bubble Trip 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Goldfish was one of the first fish species to be kept by human merely because of their beauties, which I found very fascinating. This fun print ...
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JENI KARTONO
JENI KARTONO Corydalis 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection The Corydalis takes inspiration from organic floral and translates this into three dimensional garment interpretations, incorporating contemporary textile manipulations, prints and embroidery. An exploration of Indonesian Dutch colonization history has influenced the translation of hand rendered flower illustrations combined with traditional methods of creating the Kebaya, an Indonesian symbolic garment that is made out of lace brocade.
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KAREN YANG
KAREN YANG Belleville 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Belleville is a colourful and imaginative conversation between culture, place and tradition. This place is the Congo, where the juxtapositioning of landscape, culture and history are interpreted ...
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SOPHIE CONNOLLY
SOPHIE CONNOLLY Humanment 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Humanment illustrates womenswear as empowered and oddly playful, through reflection of Australian female criminals in the interwar era. Inspired by the provocative and hauntingly beautiful images from the period and the patchy historical recollections, the images create their own ...
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NATALIE GILAN
NATALIE GILAN Electric Ladyland 4th Year Textiles Collection Electric Ladyland invites you to experience the essence of classic rock through an anarchic, high-pitched textile collection. Taking Rock and Roll to the next level each T-shirt ...
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JESSICA HUGHES
JESSICA HUGHES Viburnum Haze 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Viburnum Haze is a collection that evokes femininity. Through observing movement and behaviour of the female body, feminine qualities can be expressed and one unveils their ...
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COURTNEY HOLM
COURTNEY HOLM AUGMENT 4th Year Menswear Collection AUGMENT is an Autumn/Winter 2014 collection by menswear and textile design graduate Courtney Holm. AUGMENT is inspired by future prosthetics as an enhancing integration to the natural body. ...
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ALLANNA GIRDWOOD
ALLANNA GIRDWOOD Athletica 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection An embodiment of power, strength and allure. Athletica Spring/ Summer 2013 is a showcase of female strength, endurance and activity showcased through contrasts of transparency’s, colour and textures. Athletica ...
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KATHERINE MAVRIDIS
KATHERINE MAVRIDIS Metempsychosis 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Metempsychosis is a conceptually motivated collection which investigates an abstract exploration into the embodiment of the soul. The collection is driven by the integral creation of a ...
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SARAH VOSPER
SARAH VOSPER nostal-gia 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection nostal-gia is an almost-all denim collection that explores representations of gender, it contrasts masculine qualities such as heavy denim and over-size silhouettes with feminine silk and figure-hugging ...
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GEMMA ANASTASIOU
GEMMA ANASTASIOU Destructed Bloom 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Destructed Bloom is a reflection of the current relationship between fashion and the natural world. Taking inspiration from readings of sustainable design practice, the textiles developed ...
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KATHLEEN CHOO
KATHLEEN CHOO Dimensionality 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Dimensionality is a conceptual womenswear collection that explores the process of pattern formation. This collection seeks to uncover unexpected qualities of depth and dimension in simple shapes and ...
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ALEXANDRA LAWRIE
ALEXANDRA LAWRIE Speed Seeker 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Speed Seeker is a womenswear collection that explores the concept of ‘the motorcycle as a symbol of modernity’, drawing inspiration from traditional motorcycle jackets, the mechanics ...
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GEMMA KARIOTOGLOU
GEMMA KARIOTOGLOU A Nordic Saga 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection A Nordic Saga is inspired by the mythological tale of The Kraken. The collection explores drape techniques using hand dyed jersey and stone washed leather ...
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LOUISE ANDERSON
LOUISE ANDERSON Ivory Tower 4th Year Fashion Media Through magazine and street art mediums, Ivory Tower raises awareness about sustainability issues of fair trade, ethics, equality and the environment. In this debut issue, fashion and ...
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EVELYN WONG
EVELYN WONG Biology of the Wondrous 4th Year Menswear Collection Biology of the Wondrous explores effortless menʼs tailoring with refined cut and sleek detail. At the very heart of this Spring collection is a euphoric ...
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DENISSE MARIANELA VERA
DENISSE MARIANELA VERA UNIDENTIFIED LINES 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection UNIDENTIFIED LINES speaks of an ancient mystery. It is an exploration of the contrasting perceptions that surround the existence of the Ancient Nazca Geoglyphs in ...
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MINETTE SHUEN
MINETTE SHUEN Dis/sect 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Dis/sect reveals the inner beauty and complexity of the human anatomy- peeling back layers of the skin and examining the structures that lie beneath. By exploring the ...
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Crowdsourcing for The Future of Fashion Graduate Showcase
Our 4th Year Fashion & Textiles program students are raising money for their Graduate Showcase, The Future of Fashion. One of the methods they are doing this by is through crowdsourcing, and if you are ...
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Natalia Gryzbowski on the cover of YEN
2011 UTS Fashion & Textile Graduate, Natalia Gryzbowski, has her graduate collection gracing the cover of YEN magazine this month, dressing the musician Lisa Mitchell. YEN issue 58, 2012, Cover Congragulations to Natalia, whose graduate ...
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Fashionably Early
Fashionably Early Exhibition is currently showing at the Gallery of Australian Design [GAD] in Canberra. 8 August – 15 September 2012. UTS currently has two 3rd year student garments exhibited within Fashionably Early, including work ...
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Kacey Devlin’s Fashion System for Tomorrow
2011 Fashion & Textiles graduate, Kacey Devlin, is part of a national exhibition of fashion graduates on display as part of A Fashion System for Tomorrow. The exhibition is part of Fashionably Early at the ...
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UTS Graduate Matt Dolan secures full scholarship at Parsons
Congratulations to Matt Dolan, a 2011 graduate of the Fashion & Textiles Program, for securing a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Fashion Masters program led by Shelley Fox at Parsons The New School for ...
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Kacey Devlin ‘Inception’ launches on RUSSH
Fashion film ‘Inception’ by UTS student Kacey Devlin has debuted on RUSSH. Click below to view the film. Writhing, knotted and floating. Our local (Sydney) lady and budding designer Kacey Devlin showcases her graduate ...
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AINYFF Internship won by UTS students
AINYFF Announce 2011/2012 Internship in New York Award Winner at Dinosaur Designs studio. Sydney based UTS graduate Natalia Grzybowski was announced last night as the winner of the 2011/2012 AINYFF (Australians in New York ...
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JASON WIDJAJA
JASON WIDJAJA Protective Seduction 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Drawing inspiration from the concept of the ‘Supermodern Wardrobe’ – clothes that provide physical, psychological and social protection – Protective Seduction explores the protective function ...
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MAY TIN
MAY TIN a pueris 4th Year Menswear Collection Translated from the Latin phrase, a pueris means “from boyhood”. The collection pays homage to an imaginary muse whose life, thoughts and spirit have provided an extensive ...
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FIONA KIM
FIONA KIM Recollection 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Recollection is about past classic fashion garments in contemporary fashion. Remnant cut off organza pieces were brought to life through traditional Korean patch technique. Patching, was another ...
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MARCUS KERR
MARCUS KERR Amanar 4th Year Menswear Collection Amanar examines the future of african tribal clothing through the context of western fashion to create a men sportswear line. Inspired by the tribes of the Masaai, Wodaabe ...
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SYBILLA KENNY
SYBILLA KENNY Speechless 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Inspired by Wikileaks, Speechless demonstrates the transition of a controlled individual to a free spirit. Subverting perceptions of garment and body shape Speechless expresses a movement from ...
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CAITLIN DAVIES-FORSYTH
CAITLIN DAVIES-FORSYTH Density 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Density is a contemporary evening wear collection with a relaxed bohemian atmosphere. The collection explores the relationship between oil and water and the interplay between light, reflections ...
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NATALIA GRZYBOWSKI
NATALIA GRZYBOWSKI HYBRID 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Hybrid is a conceptual collection that combines elements of nature and technology. The female body takes on a hybrid form: part human, part botanic. Opposing elements are ...
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STEPHANIE CALTABIANO
STEPHANIE CALTABIANO Danse Macabre 4th Year Womens Collection Glamour and grit, pain and love, freedom and restraint are contrasting themes depicted as characteristics of the heroine. Elements of the Day of the Dead culture ...
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SALLY BURGESS
SALLY BURGESS Horizons 4th Year Womens Collection Sally Burgess’ luxury pool wear collection, Horizons is sleek and exotic. The collection is driven by a uniquely developed strapping fabrication, which has become a focal point of ...
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VANESSA EDWARDS
VANESSA EDWARDS Liminal 4th Year Womens Collection Liminal is spring eveningwear women’s collection. It explores the aesthetic of the cinematic image, subverting nostalgia in a contemporary context. Inspired by photo-media from North America during the ...
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PATRICIA KAPELERIS
PATRICIA KAPELERIS Urban Blight 4th Year Womens Collection Urban Blight reflects the essence of a post-apocalyptic industrial world. The use of; strong photographic prints manipulated and applied unconventionally, clashing of outdoor industrial textiles with mainstream ...
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KACEY DEVLIN
KACEY DEVLIN Inception Transeasonal 2012 4th Year Womens Collection Blindfolded and asked to get dressed. Backs to fronts Arms through legs Pants as jackets Layered, wrapped, knotted and tied. Drawn from a series of self-directed ...
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ANNABELLE VAN AMERONGEN
ANNABELLE VAN AMERONGEN Redemption A/W 2012 4th Year Womens Collection Redemption A/W 2012 is the result of applying extensive research of clothing throughout social classes during the period of Imperial Russia. Inspiration was drawn from ...
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PENNY ALLEN
PENNY ALLEN Shadows of a Dream 4th Year Womens Collection A shadow is a body double. It is an imperfect copy, a displaced and warped version of the body. In this collection, two different versions ...
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EMILY HUNDT
EMILY HUNDT Marie & George 4th Year Womens Collection Marie & George, inspired by Emily’s grandparents, draws upon their physical qualities, their personalities and personal narratives in an attempt at imbedding human qualities into clothing. ...
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REBECCA DAVIS
REBECCA DAVIS Stripe 4th Year Womens Collection Stripe is a contemporary, jersey-based womenswear collection inspired by the power of graphic stripe, and its ability to represent movement, fluidity and motion of the body within a ...
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JESSICA EAGGER MILLAR
JESSICA EAGGER MILLAR Narratives A/W 2012 4th Year Menswear Collection Is inspired by people’s relationship with the landscape as interpreted by the artists John Wolseley, Olafur Eliasson and Andrew Rogers. The collection is an exploration ...
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NATALIE FARMER
NATALIE FARMER The Fallen 4th Year Menswear Collection the fallen is a menswear collection inspired by the vision of a nomadic wanderer in a freezing, inhospitable climate, battling the Arctic wilderness. Inspiration was drawn from ...
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KEIRA PARADICE
KEIRA PARADICE 1.1.2.3. 4th Year Menswear Collection Man is a form of measure that manifests social ideals; design is a tool, a palpable means to alter the body in relation to man’s quest for expression. ...
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MATTHEW DOLAN
MATTHEW DOLAN RUMSPRINGA F/W 2011 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection An investigation into ideas of suffocation, subordination and the hysteric turbulence between the contrasting notions of violence and tenderness, purity and eroticism – a subversive, ...
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CAITLIN MURRAY
CAITLIN MURRAY Maramures 4th Year Menswear Collection Deep within the Carpathian Mountains lies one of the last people to wear their traditional clothing in everyday life. They are the Maramures (pronounced mara-mu-resh). Inspired by a ...
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RACHEL ZUCH
RACHEL ZUCH wondertales 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Inspired by picture books and a wish to rediscover the world through the inquisitive eyes of a child, wondertales explores print, texture and volume through hand rendered ...
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ANGELA YAO
ANGELA YAO Winter Spectacles 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection The formation of rime ice under extreme weather conditioning began the story of Winter Spectacles. The thought of featuring a winter element in my theme elaborated ...
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MADELINE TURNER
MADELINE TURNER Au Rebours – Against Nature 4th Year Menswear Collection My Menswear collection is inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. Dorian Gray is a character whose de-evolution to the depraved murderer ...
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CATHERINE BUI
CATHERINE BUI The Woman Within 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Catherine Bui explores the aesthetic of extreme beauty and its relevance in contemporary fashion. Her Women’s Fall 2012 RTW collection presents sophisticated tailoring details with ...
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DANIELLE KREMER
DANIELLE KREMER RUN 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Think abseiling out of the fabrication of your dress or parachuting with the wings of your coat and then with a quick zip of your trousers and ...
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CATHERINE CALVERT
CATHERINE CALVERT La Zorra Y El Cuervo 4th Year Womens Collection La Zorra Y El Cuervo translates from Spanish as The Fox and The Crow – a legendary jazz club in Havana, Cuba. This Spring/Summer ...
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KIM-ASHLEE ORD
KIM-ASHLEE ORD The Emergent 4th Year Womens Collection Inspired by undulating rhythms and patterns of the sea, The Emergent is a design enquiry that explores balance and beauty in soft structures that are both fragile ...
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REBECCA BOMBACI
REBECCA BOMBACI Shifting Ground 4th Year Womens Collection Shifting Ground, Autumn Winter womenswear, was inspired by the life of a contemporary traveller who finds familiarity, shelter and protection in the clothing they journey with. The ...
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BEN BALA
BEN BALA Specific Objects 4th Year Womens Collection A minimal womenswear collection that encapsulates a clean, reduced aesthetic, Specific Objects was inspired by an investigation into the imagery of mid-20th century American photographers, and the ...
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COURTNEY WHITE
COURTNEY WHITE Utopian Regime 4th Year Mens Fashion Collection Utopian Regime is a conceptual Autumn/Winter menswear collection inspired by the Russian Revolution and the Constructivist art movement in 1917. The aggression of the Russian military ...
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NICOLE GRIMA
NICOLE GRIMA TENTH MUSE 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection TENTH MUSE is inspired by the sculptural oil paint and primitive female figures in Albert Tucker’s ‘Images of Modern Evil’. The collection references both the artist and ...
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KATIA NAZAREWICZ
KATIA NAZAREWICZ The Swallowtail 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection The Samurai warrior. An embodiment of power, strength, courage and beauty. The Swallowtail Autumn/Winter collection captures a moment of beautified power. The reconceptualisation of the samurai ...
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GRASANCIA CHUNG
GRASANCIA CHUNG SOUL FLOWER 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Through layering, gathering and pleating of translucent and contrasting fabrics, the foundations of this collection arose from addressing the 14th Century Ancient Korean league of professional ...
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JENNA CAMPBELL
JENNA CAMPBELL 99 POINT 94 4th Year Menswear Collection 99 POINT 94 encapsulates the world of the cricketing man from 1890-1950. Inspired by renowned Australian cricket captain, Donald Bradman, 99 POINT 94 reflects the idealised ...
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JOHANNA LARK
JOHANNA LARK Navratna 4th Year Womens Fashion Collection Navratna or ‘9 planetary gems’ is an exploration of the Cosmo’s ever-present connection to the human form through personal adornment, architectural developments and artistic representations. This S/S ...
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VIVIEN SHEN
VIVIEN SHEN El Torero 4th Year Mens Fashion Collection El Torero is a menswear collection inspired by the attitude of the matadors. The monochromatic palate draws a strong silhouette that seems simple at first, is ...
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MADE MEN
MADE MEN was an exhibition of 3rd Year UTS Fashion & Textile students, Men’s Collection Autumn 2011, on Thursday 4th -Sunday 7th August 2011. The premise: Made Men combines a live presentation and photographs. It ...
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BODY WORKS
BODY WORKS exhibition was held in August and featured the student works from the 3rd Year subject, Dress, Body, Couture. Garments: Ah Ra Cho, Denise Vera The Dress, Body, Couture subject promotes an alternative vision ...