Rethinking Fashion

Rethinking fashion through resourcefulness and storytelling

Explore Wear Out Waggas with D&K in this insightful curator talk. Discover how Depression-era quilts, crafted from recycled materials, embody resilience and untold stories of working-class women. Part of the Wear Out Fashion Series by RMIT researchers, the talk examines D&K’s innovative critique of fashion through activism, design, and storytelling. Reimagine clothing’s cultural value and the history of resourcefulness in this thought-provoking session.

Image credit: ‘Wear Out’ dress no.2 ‘right side’, D&K Ricarda Bigolin and Chantal Kirby, image Tim Hardy, 2023