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Melbourne Fashion Week
Melbourne Fashion Week
10 – 16 October 202210–16 Oct 2022
Melbourne Fashion WeekMelbourne Fashion Week
Melbourne Fashion WeekMelbourne Fashion Week
10 – 16 October 2022

Fashion Capsules

Presented by Creative Victoria

Fashion Capsules is a series of seven exhibition displays located across the city. Each capsule is designed to spark intrigue and celebrate some of the country’s most innovative creative talents including fashion designers, stylists, artists and more. As you journey through the city discovering each capsule, grab a coffee and meander through the city streets and inside some of Melbourne’s landmark buildings.

Fashion Capsules run from 19 September to 16 October.

  • Fashion Capsule 1
    - Southbank

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily

    Fashion Capsule 1 – Southbank

    Past. Present. Future. Fashion. Discover stories that have been woven since time immemorial, using ancient techniques that are still reflected today. This capsule showcases the traditional knowledge and skill of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander master weavers, whose incredible craftsmanship and powerful storytelling have been passed from one hand to another across generations.

    Featuring work from: Marrawuddi Arts & Culture, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Gapuwiyak Culture and Art, Durrmu Arts, Alchemy Orange & Regina Pilawuk Wilson.

    Location: Southbank Promenade, between Evan Walker Bridge and Queensbridge Square

  • Fashion Capsule 2
    - Melbourne Town Hall

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily

    Fashion Capsule 2 – Melbourne Town Hall

    Melbourne Town Hall’s Fashion Capsule showcases the evolution of fashion through hats. Sculptural millinery tells the story of how technique, style and materiality has evolved, how future fashion may look, and demonstrates the creativity and vision of an industry that is constantly expanding and reimagining possibilities.

    Location: Melbourne Town Hall, 90-130 Swanston St

  • Fashion Capsule 3
    - Bourke Street Mall

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily

    Fashion Capsule 3 – Bourke Street Mall

    Get your bearings at the Bourke Street Mall Capsule – a central hub for this year’s Fashion Capsule offering. Celebrate the diverse M/FW 2022 program, designed to call ‘everyone to the front’, and discover a map of all the capsules to see this year.

    Location: Bourke Street Mall

  • Fashion Capsule 4
    - State Library Victoria Forecourt

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily

    Fashion Capsule 4 – State Library Victoria Forecourt

    Discover the sharing of skills and endless possibilities of upcycling and zero-waste initiatives with this creative capsule from the fashion students of Collarts. Showcasing a different approach to design, Creative Exchange shares each designer’s unique interpretation of circular fashion through exciting, new pieces created from upcycled M/FW volunteer T-shirts. This collaborative project has come to life thanks to students and faculty from Collarts.

    Featuring work from Fashion Marketing, Fashion & Sustainability, and Animation & VFX students and faculty from Collarts (Australian College of the Arts) and faculty; Sarah Conners, Dr Rachel Matthews, Debbie Pratt, Thomas Bowley, Roxanne Philipps, Jill Siao, Rikki Bunder, Edward Mulvihill, Jeannie Western, Clove Bova, Lily Mayr, Harshanya Somakantha Iyer, Arielle Lowe, Michelle Phan, Elly Anderson, Christopher Young, Lucy Denning, Nick Chronopoulos, Thea Basiliou, Mathew Sapoulovic and Nicole Mallalieu.

    Location: State Library Victoria Forecourt, 328 Swanston St

  • Fashion Capsule 5
    - Emporium Melbourne

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily | Mon – Fri 11am – 3pm, Sat – Sun 12 – 4pm, Fri 14 Oct 3 – 7pm

    Fashion Capsule 5 – Emporium Melbourne

    Explore a dynamic program that merges fashion and art over four weeks. At a series of immersive installations and exhibitions, you’ll discover vintage Vogue images reimagined as wearable styles, paper mache and pop music colliding, and the work of embroidery masters. The secrets of Australia’s lost fashion brands will also be uncovered, alongside a showcase of the pioneering brands that are at the intersection of fashion and augmented reality.

    See program for workshop and exhibition details.

    Featuring Remie Cibis, Fiz Eustance, The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, Beth Mitchell, Scott Mayson, Micky in the Van, Yongbin Zhang, Tom McEvoy, Sans Beast, RMIT School of Fashion/Textiles and Screenwear. Program produced by Marissa Wood from Miss Wood Creative Productions and Rosanna Li from Screenwear.

    Location: Emporium Melbourne, Lower Ground, 287 Lonsdale St

  • Fashion Capsule 6
    - Collins Place

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily

    Fashion Capsule 6 – Collins Place

    Discover the skill that goes into creating stories on stage with a selection of garments from Victorian Opera’s extravagant costume collection. This capsule showcases the work of three talented designers from different productions. Discover Mel Serjeant’s pieces, which tells the traditional story of the magpie on Wadawurrung Country in Parrwang Lifts The Sky. These intricate and impressive dresses from Marg Horwell was used in Lorelei, while Anna Cordingley’s costumes for Sunday In The Park With George is an ode to famous impressionist masterpieces.

    Featuring work from Mel Serjeant, Marg Horwell and Anna Cordingley.

    Location: Collins Place, 45 Collins St

  • Fashion Capsule 7
    - Collins Square

    • Mon 19 Sep – Sun 16 Oct Daily | Mon - Fri 7am – 7pm

    Fashion Capsule 7 – Collins Square

    Sharing in society’s ‘work to live’ mentality, this Fashion Capsule is an insider’s look into Melbourne’s best independent, design-driven, slow-fashion makers. Be challenged by what fashion can be and reflect on how you consume it. Think unique legacy pieces, small line production and iconic silhouettes that inspire and celebrate the best parts of the fashion industry. This capsule will accompany a lunch time program of events sharing the secrets of empowered dressing.

    Featuring work from Van Der kooij, Micky In The Van, aaizél, MNDATORY, MASTANI, KARLA ŠPETIĆ, Constantina Vintage, MAARA Collective.

    Location: Collins Square, 727 Collins St