Fashion People is an open and inclusive model of a 'fashion house' directed by designer, RMIT lecturer and researcher Dr Ricarda Bigolin and artist and PhD ca11didate Adele Varcoe as part of an ongoing research project. Using the associated formats and languages of fashion design, fashion People investigates the way speculative and in1aginative fashion products inight encourage participation and social engagen1e11_t_ Body parts not norni_ally 'fashioned' or sites for garrnents and accessories are cl1oscn as suggestive and evocative fashion stateni_ents. The way these items encourage perforniance and expression and disrupt social interactions in public spaces is tl1e intention behind the design process.
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