STUDENT FESTIVAL OF FASHION 2010

Information you will need to read:

Following are the rules and conditions of the Festival. Please read them carefully. Note should also be taken of the Judging Criteria and Rules and Conditions to ensure your entry complies with all requirements.

Make sure you enter your outfit in the correct category.

1. Fashion Illustration (Grades 8 – 12)

Draw a design for a fashion garment, render it in full colour using any medium. The theme & garment type is of your choice. Entries will be judged on creativity, accuracy of garment details drawn; use of colour, texture & tone; overall aesthetics and how well a mood or theme is captured. The illustrations must be your own and free hand (tracing of a figure template not accepted) Present your drawing on A4 paper in portrait format. Include front view of the design only (face is optional).

These can be delivered to Uniforms Mackay, cnr Sydney & Alfred Sts, Mky  (opp Fire Station)

2. Out-rage-us (wearable art for grades 8 – 10)

Art that walks while you wear it – can be put together using any materials – sewn, glued or welded – anything goes.

3. Masks (Grades 8 – 12)

Create a wearable mask. Let it be flamboyant, exciting and wild.  Your entry must stun the audience and judges. Masks must be completely constructed by the artist (including the base) using any medium or combination – paper mache, paper clay, plaster, fabric, wire, paper pulp, fibreglass etc. Entries will be judged on their overall creativity and originality of design & durability. Models must wear black.

4. Wearable Art (Grades 11 & 12)

This category encourages senior art and design students to demonstrate their creativity and to make a wearable outfit to WOW. There are no restrictions or limitations. Your outfit can be constructed using any medium or combination but it must be exceptional and make a bold statement. Be inspired by current social, political or personal issues or by events such as Mardi Gras. It’s up to you. The overall presentation and creativity of your wearable design will be critical.

5. Guys model T (Grades 8 – 12)

This is a male’s only category.

Guys and fashion --- a conundrum!  Yet the t shirt (the uniform of the hip crowd) offers so much more than fashion.  The ‘T’ more than any other garment is the ultimate form of self expression -  So guys if you think you’re funny then make it funny or if you think you can draw then draw it up with some funky lines.  Whatever your thing put it on the t shirt.  This is your opportunity to get your message out there.   Use words and symbols, screen print, etch or draw whatever you fancy to ‘make your mark’.  Get together with a group of mates and show us what you can do with a felt pen and a t shirt!  Do a run and sell them to your friends on the night.

6. Pulp Fiction

Fashion a wearable work of art using any combination of papers – rice paper, tissue paper, coloured paper, crepe paper, butcher’s paper, newspaper or magazines. Paper can be glued, stitched, papier mache, wrapped, sculpted, stapled or pinned to invent a wearable fashion piece. Consideration will be given to the overall presentation, audience appeal, creativity, skill, execution of the work & durability.

7. Under Construction

Save the planet - Be sustainable

Recycle a vinnies (or any charity shop) find; reconstruct it to create a brand new look.  A receipt and photograph of the original garment must be attached to your application. There are no restrictions; your finished piece can be of any genre or style.  It can be street wear, avant garde, red carpet or wearable art. The judges will look for creativity in the reconstruction as well as at the overall presentation of the piece.

9. Beach & Resort Wear (Grades 8-12)

Think Majorca, Bondi, the Whitsundays …. Summer holidays, sun, surf, sand and hot lazy days without a care.  Design beach and resort wear to take you through the summer. Make your designs bright or bold but ready to wear and up to the minute. Complete with appropriate accessories. These garments must be sewn.

10. Street Wear (Grades 8-12)

Design a contemporary but casual, everyday look which reflects your personality and your age and which can be worn down the street, for coffee with friends, or to the movies.

11. Contemporary Adornment (Grades 8 – 12)

Banish Year 4 craft shelf items – no bottle top earring please or can related kitsch. This category is for the 21^st Century and offers students a whole new realm of artistic possibilities. Mine your imagination instead of the planet for your inspiration and produce 'art Jewellery' using entirely alternative materials. Be topical, cutting edge, avante-garde or futuristic in your approach. Think Marie Antoinette meets Carmen Miranda, Elizabethan ruffles on a boa constrictor; be inspired by carnivale or burlesque. The work will be judged for the innovative use of 'alternative' materials, its WOW factor and the cleverness of design. Be bold and think beyond the square. Models should wear black.

12. Red Carpet (Grades 8-12)

Design and stitch your own red carpet style; suitable for after 5, graduation or evening wear. Make it glamorous and stylish. Be inspired by (but don’t copy) current trends and designs to create a very individual piece.    You may like to consider a variety of different textile techniques in your work eg external seams, different colour combinations or textural combinations where the surface of the fabric is altered in some way by dyeing, beading, appliqué, embroidering etc.  But be creative. Your entry will be judged on its overall presentation and whether it meets the above criteria.  These garments must be sewn. 

A fabulous Illustration book prize for the Illustration category & great cash prizes to be won in the other 11 category.

2 Major Awards  - donated by Bernina Sewing Centre and Whitsunday Office Machines.

 These will be decided from the winners of the above categories.