A Spotlight on: Sustainable Australian Indigenous Fashion
Although Australian Indigenous inspirations and motifs have been used in fashion design for decades, notably in textiles, the design of contemporary fashion and sculptural forms by Indigenous artists is relatively new (Maynard 2001; Craik 2016, in press; Rothwell 2016). This spotlight explores a new...
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ftqueensland:oai:eprints.qut.edu.au:129516 2024-02-11T10:03:52+01:00 A Spotlight on: Sustainable Australian Indigenous Fashion Craik, Jennifer Horton, Kathleen Gwilt, A Payne, A Ruthschilling, E A 2019 https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129516/ unknown Bloomsbury https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/global-perspectives-on-sustainable-fashion-9781350058132/ doi:10.5040/9781350058170.ch-005.2 Craik, Jennifer & Horton, Kathleen (2019) A Spotlight on: Sustainable Australian Indigenous Fashion. In Gwilt, A, Payne, A, & Ruthschilling, E A (Eds.) Global perspectives on sustainable fashion. Bloomsbury, United Kingdom, pp. 191-193. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129516/ Creative Industries Faculty Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au Global perspectives on sustainable fashion Australian Fashion First Nations Fashion Indigenous Sustainable Fashion Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume 2019 ftqueensland https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350058170.ch-005.2 2024-01-22T23:21:42Z Although Australian Indigenous inspirations and motifs have been used in fashion design for decades, notably in textiles, the design of contemporary fashion and sculptural forms by Indigenous artists is relatively new (Maynard 2001; Craik 2016, in press; Rothwell 2016). This spotlight explores a new genre of Australian Indigenous fashion through reference to the work of two emerging Australian Indigenous creatives, Elisa Jane Carmichael and Grace Lillian Lee. We propose that the work of both Carmichael and Lee evidences an exciting new development in sustainable fashion practice. While the translation and appropriation of Aboriginal artworks onto textiles and clothing like T-shirts as popular Australiana fashion and souvenir items has proliferated, the recognition of a distinctive fashion aesthetic by Indigenous designers has been relatively recent (Jones 2017). It reflects a new phase of Aboriginal art in contemporary Australia in which traditional culture has become just one element in a hybrid mix of cultural interpretation, adaptation and innovation. Indigenous fashion has become part of a broader artistic expression embracing a mix of visual culture, performance and objects that are both ‘tradition-based and blazingly new’ (Rothwell 2016). The phase of Indigenous cultural expression embodies the re-discovery and re-connection by fashion designers with their cultural heritage as they create new aesthetic codes and cultural tropes. This process is sustainable in several respects: as reviving Indigenous cultural and community expression that offers creative pursuits to new generations that revitalise their sense of identity and heritage while offering career prospects and external recognition (NITV 2017; Rootsey 2016). Equally, it re-connects Indigenous people with their land and spiritual inspirations by using traditional, natural and found materials in the creation of their artistic works including textiles, fashion and sculptural forms. Finally, in creating new and innovative cultural forms, Australian ... Book Part First Nations Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints |
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Although Australian Indigenous inspirations and motifs have been used in fashion design for decades, notably in textiles, the design of contemporary fashion and sculptural forms by Indigenous artists is relatively new (Maynard 2001; Craik 2016, in press; Rothwell 2016). This spotlight explores a new genre of Australian Indigenous fashion through reference to the work of two emerging Australian Indigenous creatives, Elisa Jane Carmichael and Grace Lillian Lee. We propose that the work of both Carmichael and Lee evidences an exciting new development in sustainable fashion practice. While the translation and appropriation of Aboriginal artworks onto textiles and clothing like T-shirts as popular Australiana fashion and souvenir items has proliferated, the recognition of a distinctive fashion aesthetic by Indigenous designers has been relatively recent (Jones 2017). It reflects a new phase of Aboriginal art in contemporary Australia in which traditional culture has become just one element in a hybrid mix of cultural interpretation, adaptation and innovation. Indigenous fashion has become part of a broader artistic expression embracing a mix of visual culture, performance and objects that are both ‘tradition-based and blazingly new’ (Rothwell 2016). The phase of Indigenous cultural expression embodies the re-discovery and re-connection by fashion designers with their cultural heritage as they create new aesthetic codes and cultural tropes. This process is sustainable in several respects: as reviving Indigenous cultural and community expression that offers creative pursuits to new generations that revitalise their sense of identity and heritage while offering career prospects and external recognition (NITV 2017; Rootsey 2016). Equally, it re-connects Indigenous people with their land and spiritual inspirations by using traditional, natural and found materials in the creation of their artistic works including textiles, fashion and sculptural forms. Finally, in creating new and innovative cultural forms, Australian ... |
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