Dressed 2018

Each year IIDA Georgia Chapter hosts Dressed, a charity fashion show event in which design firms from across Atlanta compete by designing garments made from sponsor materials. This year, PRAXIS3 created our garment using laminate from Laminart and fabrics from Momentum Group and National Office Furniture. The theme this year was “colour in (e)motion”, and the entries had to capture a specific action and feeling using color. Our team was given the words Swing & Wonder and were able to use a green and yellow color.

Our garment is designed to swing! Wonder is evoked through the use of the Seven Wonders of the World as the design inspiration for the different garment pieces. The overskirt shape and length are reminiscent of swing-era dance dresses. Movement is built-in where a fluid fabric, with a built-in petticoat, swings from a pleated waistband. Reverse pleats in a contrast fabric are overlaid with a stitch work pattern of self-fabric, laminate and metal ball chain as an abstracted version of the Great Wall of China. Upholstery fabric from Momentum and National are used, as well as laminate and hardware from LaminArt. Our very own Briana Fountain strutted her stuff on the runway at the Tabernacle, and the team took home 2nd Place! Benefiting Dress for Success, IIDA Georgia’s Dressed is a truly special event.