WA's Sustainable Fashion Festival kicks off with a record-breaking attempt to turn the Busselton Jetty into the world's longest sustainable fashion runway on water.
The Busselton Jetty has been transformed into a 3.6-kilometre runway to raise awareness for the eco fashion movement.The event marked the start of the month-long Sustainable Fashion Festival, which will take place in Busselton, Midland, and Ellenbrook.Once a thoroughfare for tree loppers and whalers, a jetty in Western Australia has played host to a completely different kind of industry: sustainable fashion .
Extending 1.841km into Geographe Bay, the jetty is the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. "The one thing that sticks in my mind is when the parachutes came down, would rush out and get the silk from the parachutes. That's how they would make their wedding dresses and underwear," Ms Neil said."I've used silk, cotton, and all-natural fibres to simulate what we had during the war."After a career as an interviewer with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Ms Neil went back to university at the age of 72 to study contemporary fashion and textiles.
For most designers, the sustainable fashion movement also extends to ethically sourcing the material and fabrics used in the production process, so that no animals are harmed in the making of the clothing."So many people are here from all walks of life, many age groups, and many diverse backgrounds," Dr Kuvan-Mills said.
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