Dressed 2019
PRAXIS3 transformed the fashion world as we walked the runway at IIDA Georgia’s 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 upholstery and draperies from Architex, furniture components from Herman Miller, along with acrylic, metal, and 3D printing from APCO. The theme this year, the tenth year of Dressed, was “The Future of Fashion”, and the entries had to imagine what the world of fashion would look like in 100 years.
In our vision of the future, members of society have suppressed their individual traits and distinctions in order to thrive and advance in a world without war, class struggle, and discrimination. This is achieved by implementing a technologically advanced uniform for all people. Our monochromatic outer garment was designed to exaggerate certain aspects of the human form and obscure others, hiding our model’s true identity. However, as human nature inevitably takes its course, she has grown the desire for self-expression and to show the world her true form and individuality. Fabric wrapped acrylic panels were used to form the exoskeleton over the chest and legs. The power source element was created with the Herman Miller Sayl Chair and the illuminated solar panel array was printed on thin translucent material and perforated by APCO. The mask portion of the uniform was made from a 3D printed base and hinge mechanism and obscures the most personal identifiable facial features while still allowing vision and speech.
Our model begins her transformation by pulling a hidden cord within the bottom part of her uniform to release the panels and reveal colorful fabrics and bright printed colors that were folded within. She then detaches each side of her chest piece and dramatically throws back her power source and the remainder of her outer garment. Underneath each outer piece reveals more and more colorful pieces of her identity and passions. Her final change is to her mask, a literal and metaphorical symbol of hiding the self. She pulls on hidden cords to raise the panels of the mask into a crown in celebration of her revealed identity.
Our very own Rubi Carrero strutted her stuff on the runway at the Tabernacle. Benefiting Dress for Success, IIDA Georgia’s Dressed is one of PRAXIS3’s community engagement that we participate in every year.