Lets Go to Paradise
May 20, 2010
Birthday Suit - Show Invitation
Sydney fashion week is long gone – but left with it is a strong and colourful memory of the Birthday Suit Gala event at the Sydney Opera House. For starters it was my first time inside the opera house – where I realized that it was probably the first piece of brutalist architecture that I have ever liked. Here I entered the Utzon room where I felt rather at home amongst an audience of both artists and designers who – dare I say were better dressed than a lot of the audience at the actual RAFW shows.
The collection is designed by two extremely talented members of The KingPins (Sydney performance artist group) and one particularly amazing piece was a collaboration with artist Garth Knight who I am wanting to research more about. The show was opened by Maya Martinez in a billowing black costume that appeared very birdlike, doing a trance-inducing dance.
Collaboration with Garth Knight
When the models followed, I think what got me most was the hair-styling – headpieces made out of coloured rope, beautiful beaded deco pieces and hair wrapped up in string. Speaking to one of the models which I used at the Frock Stars event the week after, apparently it took a very long time to tie up all that hair.
Sarah who modeled for me at 'Frock Stars'
Birthday Suit 2010 is for women who defy gravity, creatures who have a love affair with the sky and seek to challenge their human limitations for the adventures of flight. The forms and shapes in the collection collide both explosion and restraint by using bellowing ballooning silks with tight body fitting rope work. The explosive summer palette takes influence from the Caribbean festivals, the bird life of Papua New Guinea and the colour blocks of parachutes. A celebration of sensuality and freedom, Birthday Suit celebrates summer with a bang.
Images Pillaged from Here
In conclusion:
I wish more performance artists designed fashion
It is so fucking good to see colourful clothing in winter
