Fashion Capsules

Begin your Fashion Capsules journey at this exhibition showcasing works from a carefully selected group of 35 designers and artists from Melbourne’s diverse creative community. With its bright palette, circular motifs and colour-block features, this stand-out capsule in Bourke Street Mall is one for all shoppers, city dwellers and passers-by to enjoy. 

Featuring work from Cassie Leatham, Cat Who Knits, Chris Ran Lin, Claudia Lau, Jalaru Photography, Jordan Fleming, Karla Laidlaw, Mikaela Stafford, Moss Tunstall, NATSUI, Ngali, Oscar Keene, Tiwi Design x Ossom, Posture Studio, Screenwear Studio, Srivanti Roy, Syna Chen, Tessy King, Themme Fatale and VERNER

Location: Bourke Street Mall, next to the Visitor Booth

Peek into the world of Melbourne’s creative makers as designers, artists, stylists and performers take up residence at Emporium Melbourne. This collective will showcase their work and creative processes through an evolving space that transforms with design, digital fashion, fashion installations, drag performance, art transformation and live photo shoots.  See the full schedule. 

Featuring work from Bianca Christoff for School of Styling, Estelle Michaeleides, Nathalia Suizu, Oscar Keene, Screenwear, The Human Chameleon, The VM Collective and Themme Fatale.

Location: Emporium Melbourne, 287 Lonsdale Street

Titled ‘Store of the Future,’ this cyber shoe store has been developed in collaboration with 3D artist, Mikaela Stafford and hopes to inspire future retail experiences. This space, showcasing fashion’s shoes of the moment, will mesmerize viewers with futuristic art and sculptural design. Scanning the QR code takes the consumer into this cyber world to explore the designer’s work and their shoe.

Featuring work from Alias Mae, FAZE ONE, Fluevog, Harrolds, Jordan Gogos, Ka-He, NIKE, Paname Paname, Post Sole Studios and Sole Mechanics

Location: Melbourne Town Hall, 90-130 Swanston St

Inspired by Country and our rich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultural heritage, view this  collection of works from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists, fashion designers and collaborating artists from around the country.  

Featuring work from Aunty Beverley Meldrum, Black Cat Couture in collaboration with Papulankutja Art Centre, Iluka Sax-Williams, Jalaru Photography, Moydra Designs, Ngali, Paul McCann and Tiwi Designs by Ossom and Wild Blak Arts

Location: Collins Place, 45 Collins Street

Titled ‘Comune di Rialto’, inspired by Rialto’s rich Italian heritage, is a nod to iconic Roman architectural sites including the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and the Vatican City Garden. Expressed through naïve design and an exploration of play, the characters featured within the capsule toss coins in the fountain, balance on the pillars, and play in the garden which evokes a sense of joy and whimsy nostalgia. Australian Emerging Designer of the Year nominee, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos, debuts his first ever Melbourne showcase with a complete window takeover.

Featuring work from Amy Baran, Angus Gardner, BLAIRARCHIBALD, Claudia Lau, Jack Ferguson, James Lemon, Jordan Fleming, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos, Kachun Lay, Moss Tunstall, Olivia Mròz, P.A.M., Poppy Lissiman, Sabatucci, Syna Chen, Tessy King, and Tré Koch.

Location: Rialto, 525 Collins Street

This capsule aims to highlight the future of circular, slow and vintage fashion. Featuring garments from some of Melbourne’s most socially conscious, eclectic and sustainable designers, this capsule sets to inspire us to build our wardrobe with longevity, mindful purchases and transparency in mind. 

Featuring work from A.BCH, Arnsdorf, Anna Cordell, Use Daily, Essen, Studio Zali, HoMie Reborn, Remuse, SZN, Kalaurie, Melissa Jackson, MNDATORY, Could Be Something, Oliver Boston, Goodbyes

Location: Collins Square Food Court, 727 Collins Street

 

The individual is a great accumulation of all that is around them, present, past and even into the future. Celebrating the collective that is behind us all, we ask a selection of Melbourne’s fashion designers, makers and artists who is it that is behind them? Who inspires them, supports them and propels them to make wonderful ideas into reality?

Featuring work from Alexandra Blak, Collective Closets, Emél, HEW Clothing, Luisa Marrollo, Made By, Phaedra, Radical Yes, Srinvanti Roy and Togetherness

Location: 248 Flinders Street, enter downstairs from Degraves Street

Titled ‘Queer Voices’, this capsule is a celebration of the LGBTIQ+ community in Melbourne through diverse experiences and expressions of art, design and fashion. It amplifies their voices through the inclusive pride flag colours. Pride Month is not just a month, but an everyday. 

Featuring work from Atelier Harlem, Aysha Buffet, Chris Ran Lin, Corcoran, Lokesh Kashyap, Marisa Mu, Paul McCann, The Cat Who Knits and Wackie Ju

Location: Southbank Promenade between Even Walker Bridge and Sandridge Railway Bridge