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Modern trends: Can fashion drive positive social change?

By suzanne on 6 April, 2011

At The Social Studio in Melbourne, threads bind together communities as well as clothes. The Social Studio is a dynamic space where clothing is created from the style and skills of the local young refugee community. Join teacher Milly Gamlin and student Nicole Kuol as they share how recycled and excess manufacturing materials are gathered from local industry and re-configured into original clothing. Milly and Nicole also explore how The Social Studio challenges the fashion consumer industry and empowers young people to achieve their dreams through social enterprise.

Milly Gamlin
Milly studied BA Textile Design at RMIT with a major in printed textiles, fuelling her passion for designing fashion prints and the possibilities for the future of textiles. At The Social Studio where she teaches, digitally printed textiles are her focus and she is heavily involved in the creation of The Social Studio’s digital printing service. Milly enjoys seeing the keen involvement of students in the Social Studio and following the opportunities they are presented to work in creative industries.

Nicole Kuol
Nicole is passionate about fashion and design and is currently doing her Certificate III in Clothing Design at The Social Studio in Melbourne and is also studying accounting. Nicole moved to Australia 6 years ago and her vision is to have a tourist resort where her own label of fashion, jewellery and shoes can be sold – she’s not sure whether it will be here in Australia or in Africa.

Further reading:
Want to learn a little more before Milly and Nicole’s talk? They’ve suggested you check out the following websites exploring the world of sustainable fashion:
Glad Rags Vox Pops
Wardrobe Wonderland
Ecouterre
Envelope
The Clothing Exchange

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