Rethinking Fashion

Rethinking fashion through resourcefulness and storytelling

Explore the exhibition Quilts, Wool, Use with D and K in this insightful curator talk. Discover how settler, wartime and Depression-era quilts, crafted from recycled materials, embody resilience and untold stories of working-class women. With RMIT practice-based researchers Ricarda Bigolin and Chantal Kirby, the talk uncovers D and 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.

Ticket includes entry to all galleries and exhibitions.

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