Not wanting to make you feel guilty, if you are busy trying to cram another garment on a hanger into your wardrobe but, it’s Sustainable Fashion Week.
It’s a national attempt to make us stop and think about throwaway fashions and what is being done to power a transition to sustainable fashion futures.
It’s here that our own Bath Spa University will play a major role in the future of fashion with the setting up of a National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability at their Locksbrook Campus.
It’s where l cycled this morning to find out more about the new venture AND take a look at that incredible Red Dress – a cross-global collaborative creative project conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod and 14 years in the making!
The garment has been worked on by 367 women and girls, 11 men and boys and 2 non-binary artists from 51 countries worldwide.
I managed to have a chat with Tamara Parsons-Baker who is the Executive Project Manager for the newly-established National Centre for Fashion and Sustainability at Bath Spa University.
The Red Dress is viewable in the Michael Pennie Gallery at Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus between 10am and 6pm from 23 to 27 September, 2024.
Book your free tickets to see The Red Dress exhibition between 23 and 27 September
If you can’t get to Locksbrook you can still see The Red Dress up close and personal by exploring its digital counterpart.
The Digital Red Dress is a collaboration between BSU and Kirstie Macleod, led by Dr Coral Manton, Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing at the Bath School of Design, with support from Richard Wood and Fred Reed from the School of Art, Film, and Media.
The project involved creating a 3D digital reproduction of the Red Dress using innovative 3D scanning techniques, broadening the reach and accessibility of the Red Dress Project to an online audience.
PS. Please Bath Spa University, can you consider some cycle racks for visitors like me. I was lucky enough to be allowed inside a keyed enclosure but it was a bit of a fuss to ensure the safety of my electric bike.
