ReWear Runway
Transform Waste, Inspire Change
The ReWear Runway reimagines what fashion can be by celebrating the creativity of transforming reclaimed and upcycled materials into wearable fashion.
As part of the Zero Waste Festival, held on September 12th, this inaugural event showcased garments created from reclaimed, repaired, reused, and repurposed materials. Through creativity, reconstruction, and reuse, the ReWear Runway highlights practical and inspiring alternatives to wasteful fashion consumption, demonstrating how fashion can be environmentally conscious and stylish.
The designs are number in order of appearance, which was determined by random ballot.
Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention
Design 7 Monet Bishop
Materials: second-hand ties
Honorable Mention
Design 11 Rochelle Rowley
Materials: secondhand sleeping bag, salvaged cords
Honorable Mention
Design 13 Kara De Jong
Materials: 1970s wall hanging, curtain, old clothes
Honorable Mention
Design 20 Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn
Materials: discarded vinyl records, can tabs, macramé cord
Honorable Mention
Design 26 Siri Bosa
Materials: rescued fencing wire, lampshade, yoga mat + more
All Designs
Design 1 Frith Kennedy
Materials: discarded textile, marine waste
Design 2 Primrose Holland
Materials: mirror fragmented scraps, stained wedding dress
Design 3 Emily Gilbert
Materials: op-shop denim, recycled ties, purple dress
Design 4 Joy Barrett
Materials: bottle caps, toy fragments, plastic and metal scraps
Design 6 Janelle Dollery
Materials: Upholstery velvet, bedsheet, lace curtains
Design 8 Gracie Schumacher
Materials: thrifted textiles, old beads and buttons, bedsheet
Design 9 Jenneli Mink
Materials: worn-out boxes, sari scraps, old scarves and linings
Design 10 Yoko Kawabata
Materials: yarn trims, remnants, clothes with holes
Design 12 Royhaneh Hosseini
Materials: bicycle, discarded mesh
Design 14 Amber Rimmer
Materials: corporate clothing, Woolworths bag, baking paper
Design 15 Bianca Carney
Materials: thrifted corset, mum's preloved garments
Design 16 Denise Honan
Materials: fruit-packaging mesh, egg shells, natural plant dyes
Design 17 Monique Mahardhika
Materials: misfit denim jeans
Design 18 Ayla Weckert
Materials: plastic produce bag, bedsheet, thrifted denim jacket
Design 19 Coco Throsby
Materials: thrifted jeans, vinyl from stained skirt, satin, rib-knit scraps
Design 21 Jessica Kwan
Materials: reclaimed bridal tulle, natural dyes
Design 22 Hiva Khoshalmanshadi
Materials: secondhand shirts
Design 23 Connie Bof
Materials: onion bags, reclaimed denim
Design 24 Mercedes Czehmester
Materials: yarns from donated sweaters
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