Kangan Institute will collaborate with Australian Red Cross and Melbourne all-girl rock band Stonefield to stage a fundraising music and sustainable fashion show, Ecothreads, on 27 August.
Part of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, the event will feature a fashion runway show presenting up-cycled outfits made by Kangan Institute’s fashion students. The outfits were re-designed, re-styled and up-cycled using donated garments from Red Cross Shops that were unsaleable and destined for disposal.
Stonefield will perform live at the event, with band members rocking up-cycled outfits exclusively designed using 3D body scanning technology at Kangan Institute.
“According to the Danish Fashion Institute’s 2013 study, the fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters,” said Vicki Nicola, Kangan Institute’s lead fashion educator.
“This collaboration is a great example of education, sustainability and popular culture coming together to really make a difference during Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. Kangan Institute students get to raise funds for a meaningful cause, while applying their skills to give new life to discarded garments in the name of sustainability.”
Kangan Institute’s visual merchandising students will also be transforming Melbourne’s iconic AC/DC Lane in preparation for the outdoor runway. The transformed laneway will reflect sustainable fashion themes and incorporate recycled textile offcuts and discarded garments from Red Cross.
All proceeds from the event will go to Red Cross to help people most in need in Australia and around the world.
When: Saturday 27 August 2016, 8pm for a 8.30pm start
Where: Cherry Bar
AC/DC Lane, Melbourne
About Australian Red Cross
For more than 100 years Australian Red Cross has been there for the most vulnerable people around the country and our region, providing emergency relief when disaster strikes, a daily phone call for people who are isolated and elderly, a helping hand for families in crisis, and clean water for remote communities.
Funds raised at the Ecothreads event will go towards this vital, life-saving work. Fabric and pre-loved garments for Ecothreads has been provided by Red Cross Shops, which sell new and pre-loved clothing, homewares and accessories in 150 locations around the country. To support Red Cross Shops, find your local store to shop, donate items, or volunteer your time, visit redcross.org.au/stores.
About Stonefield
Fresh from traversing the globe and performing on some of the world’s biggest stages, including a recent South by Southwest (SXSW) jaunt, Australia’s Stonefield has returned home to unleash their sophomore opus As Above, So Below on 15 July.
Stonefield was formed by four sisters, whose surreal journey has taken them from remote Australian country pubs to the farthest corners of the earth.
