Fashion FWD >> Disruption through Design

Kia ora supporters,

thank you so much for your generosity so far helping make our publication a reality!

We are now just over a third of the way there with just two weeks left, so please continue to share with your networks to bring this beautiful locally printed book to life.

The publication has been a huge collaborative piece of work, but the collaboration does not stop there. Working with Otago Polytechnic, we worked with Ella Cameron as part of her third year final Communication Design Project, supplying here with assets from the exhibition and publication, and she made us a series of stunning promo clips based on different themes in the exhibition.

Check out the clip below. How great does it look!

Kia ora supporters,

WONDERFUL news: We have met our target, so the publication will be able to printed, and will be available from the 27th of March!!!

Thank you to every single person who has contributed to our campaign, we could not have done it without you. And of course, and extra special thank you to Sally and the McMillan&Co. Lawyers team for coming on board to match fund.

We are really excited that our hard work is going to be out there to share with you all, and can't wait for you all to see not only the book, but the exhibition too.

Thank you again to all the donors and also those who spread the word.

Ngā mihi

The Otago Museum Fashion FWD team.

Kia ora supporters!

We are just 24 hours away from finding out if we are going to make it to 100%.

It has been incredible to see the outpouring of support for the work that we have been done, and we are so grateful to every single person who has contributed or shared.

As the deadline looms, the team are taking one final sweep through the document to make sure every detail is 100% perfect, triple checking credits, spelling, spacing and more, with the hope that we will be sending to print on Friday morning.

You still have 24 hours to keep telling everyone about it! There is even some match funding from the wonderful McMillan&Co. still to be unlocked, so your donation will double - easy!

Ngā mihi

The OM Fashion FWD team

Kia ora supporters,

we are on the home stretch! Just two days remain!

Last week we had a visit at Otago Museum from one of our emerging designer finalists Roxanna Zamani to check in on her garment and see how we were progressing with preparing all the garments for display.

Roxanna's piece that features in the publication and exhibition was part of the 2010 iD Emerging Designer show. The stunning piece is incredibly detailed, with so many hand cut pieces that form a beautiful shape and movement. Roxanna went on to win awards in other design competitions at the Mittelmoda Fashion Awards and has shown at Milan Fashion Week. Roxanna now has her own label https://roxannazamani.com/ and also looking forward to *hopefully* getting a copy of the publication!

Kia ora suporters,

thank you for your continued support. We are 70% towards reaching our goal, so any help spreading the word for a final push will be much appreciated. There is still time for your donation to be doubled thanks to our match funder McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

One of the great things about campaigning, is that we also have the opportunity to hear from our supporters if they wish to share an encouraging message.

Here are some lovely words we have recieved so far:

"I love that this will show that Fashion is a true art form" (Anya, aged 12)

"A great initiative to produce a book to accompany this important exhibition."

"Ka mau te wehi, koutou! Ka pai rawa te mahi nei."

"Good luck from Gilmour Motors Suzuki"

"Good luck with this amazing fundraising initiative"

Thank you everyone for all your support. Every little bit helps!

Below is another fantastic promo clip made by Otago Polytechnic Communication Design graduate Ella Cameron, highlighting items in the Escapism section.

Kia ora supporters,

WOW! We are overwhelmed with the amazing response to our campaign in the last day!

We are now 65% of the way to our goal, with 25 new donors in the last 24 hours. All of those donations have been matched by our match funder McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, your generosity is greatly appreciated!

For a sneak peek today, we thought we would share one of the oldest garments which is featured in the publication and exhibition. This garment is is almost 200 years old and is featured in the Sculptural section. The balloon-like sleeve, called gigot (zhee-go) sleeves were fashionable between the 1820s - 1840s and gave the impression of a smaller waist. They sometimes had internal linings, shape padding, or still buckram to keep their full shape. See more beautiful deatiled shots of this piece in the full publication!

Kia ora supporters,

As many of you may have seen, we had a great feature on page two of the Otago Daily Times today, which should be great for letting people know about our campaign, and work towards reaching our goal! So a massive thank you to our new donors, every single contribution helps, and we are incredibly grateful!

The booklet proof that Sally (principal of McMillan&Co. Lawyers, our incredible match funder) and Craig are holding is one of the final proofs. The museum team comb through this document to make sure that everything is correct and looking fabulous.

At the end of this campaign (9pm next Thursday!), we have our fingers crossed that we will have reached our goal, and be able to sign off that yellow sticker on the cover and send to the printer next Friday morning!

https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/nervous-time-museum-staff

Also, tune into Damian on The Breeze morning show tomorrow, and hear an interview with Sally and Craig about the campaign.

Kia ora supporters,

with just 8 days to go, we are inching closer to to our goal. Thank you so much to our recent new donors, your contributions like all others have been instantly doubled thanks to our generous matchfunder McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

Today we thought we would share some of the faces working behind the scenes of the project at Otago Museum.

(L-R) Shanaya Cunningham, Annah Taggart and Prudence Jopson (all Exhibitions and Creative Services Officers); Anne Harlow (Collections Manager - Humanities); Craig Scott (Head of Exhibitions and Creative Services).

Shanaya has done an epic job editing every single one of the photos featured in the publication so they look stunning, and then also populating them into the layout, taking an initial template and disrupting each one so every page is unique.

Annah has been tranlating the designs from this into stunning touch screen features which will be available in the exhibition itself, and you will also be able to access all exhibition content from your mobile device.

Prudence created all the beautiful collages with hand drawn embellishements which make up background elements in the publication and feature heavly throughout the marketing. She has also designed the display of the exhibition space, and her props and production background has meant she has created some beautiful textured features in the space.

Anne photographed every single garment in the publication from every possible angle, right down to fine detail close ups. Working with the Conservation team, Anne also worked preparing all the garments on to the dress forms for photographing. On top of that, Anne was also the key champion in dealing with getting all the iD Emerging Designer garments to the Museum, from all over the world.

Craig is the Fashion FWD project team leader, making sure everything stays on track, even when Covid throws in a few speed bumps. He designed the exhibition branding and marketing material, which translated into the publication design, and assisted with the populating of the content.

There are lots more faces from behind the scenes who have had involvement in this project, and we want to thank eveyone for their tireless work to make it happen - before and after lockdown.

Because so much work has gone in to this publication, from so many contributors, we are grateful to have a platform like Boosted where the community can get behind us un an uncertain financial environment.

Keep on sharing, and let's make it happen!

Kia ora supporters,

A massive than you to all the new contributors to this campaign!

With the help of our match funder McMillan&Co. Lawyers, we have collectively raised 40% of the project from just 25 donors! We are incredibly grateful for your support!

We our down to our final 10 days, so please continue to spread the word to help get this beautiful publication to print!

The publication features a series of exclusive essays spanning the history or iD Dunedin, the Otago Museum's collection, and a fantastic commentary in support of the exhibition from Dr Ben Barry. Ben is the Chair and Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Fashion , Ryserson University in Toronto. Ben has recently been named the incoming Dean of Fashion at The New School's Parsons School of Design in New York.

Ben writes: "this exhibition is a call for radical transformation and reimagining. It urges us to rethink how we understand fashion and identity, and to integrate these diverse and fluid ideas into our lives"... to read the rest, you'll have to wait for the whole publication!

Kia ora supporters,

thank you so much for your generosity so far helping make our publication a reality!

We are now just over a third of the way there with just two weeks left, so please continue to share with your networks to bring this beautiful locally printed book to life.

The publication has been a huge collaborative piece of work, but the collaboration does not stop there. Working with Otago Polytechnic, we worked with Ella Cameron as part of her third year final Communication Design Project, supplying here with assets from the exhibition and publication, and she made us a series of stunning promo clips based on different themes in the exhibition.

Check out the clip below. How great does it look!

And we are live! Take a look at our video and have a read through our page to find out about this fabulous project!

Kia ora supporters,

our exhibition publication also features exclusive interviews with Dunedin's Godmothers of fashion about their creative processes and why Dunedin as a city is so inspiring to them.

Featured are:

Charmaine Reveley of label Charmaine Reveley

Donna Tulloch of Mild Red

Margarita Robertson of NOM*d

Sara Munro of Company of Strangers

Tanya Carlson of Carlson

All of these together in one publication will make for great reading while getting to view gorgeous garments. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far, and remember to keep sharing, as every donation doubles thanks to our match funder McMillan&Co. Lawyers!

Kia ora supporters,

the final three iD Emerging Designer Award finalists, featuring in our publication and exhibition, are grouped in a section titled Wellbeing. The works of the emerging designers communicate tolerance and harmony, spiritual and mental wellbeing, and freedom and health for humanity and for all other living things on the planet that we share.

The designers are (L-R) George Clarke, finalist and Umbrella Design Award winner in 2019; Ilham Ismail, finalist and Special Achievement Award winner, 2016; and Rokayia Ahmed Purna, finalist and Entrepreneurial Prize winner in 2018.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the campaign so far, please feel free to spread the word, and that every donation is instantly doubled thanks to our match funders McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

While the iD Emerging designer have all been announced, we still have plenty of exciting things to share with you about this publication, so stay tuned!

Kia ora supporters,

here are the iD International Emerging Designers featured in the illusion section. (L-R) Alexandra Walker, a finalist in 2010; Sharn Blackwell, a finalist in 2007; and Fiona Ralph, also a finalist in 2007.

The items from the Otago Museum collection in this category include a coat made in Ireland in 1906, which uses padding and altered seamlines to enhance the wearers figure; a Robert Piguet suit from 1948 with rounded shoulders and a sloping waistline; and a pair of red pointy-toed stilettos.

Keep spreading the word - every donation doubles thanks to our match funder McMillan&Co. Lawyers!

Kia ora supporters,

we have just gone over $6000 in donations! Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far! And of course to our generous match funders McMillan&Co. Lawyers which has allowed every donation to double.

Our designer announcement for today features iD Emerging Designers in the Transformation section. This section is all about the reimagining of materials and ideas. Featured (L-R) are Justine Tindley, finalist in 2014; Cassandra Casas, finalist in 2019 and winner of the Free to be Me awards; and Paul Castro, third place winner in 2017.

Kia ora supporters, and happy Friday!

Here are some of the garments in the Gender section. Emerging designers experiment with forms that ignore or blur gender line, questioning their existence, expanding the spectrum, interrogating the predictable, and breaking convention.

Featured designers are (L-R) Dylan McCutcheon-Peat, a finalist in 2018 and also selected to show at the 2018 Graduate Fashion Week in London; Ruth Bucknell, a finalist in 2009; and Alessandro Trincone, finalist in 2017.

Remember to share, and don't forget every donation doubles, thanks to our wonderful match funders McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

Kia ora supporters,

here are the designers featured in the Sculptural section of the exhibition publication.

(Clockwise from top) Roxanna Zamani, finalist in 2010; Vedrana Mastela, finalist in 2012; Yvonne Lin, finalist in 2012; Sohong Lim, award for Excellence in Design in 2013.

The Sculptural section also feature garments from the Otago Museum textile collection including a 1950's Frank Usher Bubble Skirt dress, a Susan Small five-gored cut skirt, a dress from the 1820's with gigot sleeves, and more!

Thanks to all of yesterdays donors, match funded by McMillan&Co. Lawyers! Your support is greatly appreciated!

Kia ora supporters!

Here is the next reveal of iD International Emerging Designers featured in the Fashion FWD >> publication. In the Re-interpretation section we have (Clockwise from top) Meg Gallagher, finalist in 2009; Kate Anderson, finalist in 2007; Steve Hall, first place winner in 2015; Tess Norquay, finalist in 2017.

In the publication, each designer is featured across a beautiful four-page spread of the full garment and close-up details.

A huge thank you to the new donors who have contibuted to our campaign, and of course to our match funders McMillan&Co. Lawyers.

Kia ora supporters, a massive thank you to all our generous donors so far to get us over 20%, and to our match funders McMillan&Co. which has meant every donation so far has doubled!

Now it is time to begin to introduce the fabulous iD International Emerging Designer finalists who feature in the exhibition and publication. In the Escapism section, we have (clockwise from top) Rakel Blomsteberg, first place winner in the 2013 awards; Chin Hau Tay, third place winner in 2014; Carla Van Lunn, winner of the very first award in 2005; and Rebecca Carrington, first place winner in 2019.