Fashionplay

What defines a garment?

Fashionplay no. 5 focuses on the issue of what defines a garment, and where the line is drawn between a piece of fabric and a garment. We have put the question to fourteen professionals within the art and fashion worlds, and the answers will be published on this website. We will also show two projects by Ingela Nilsson and Åsa Arvidsson, who have both explored the theme in different ways in their collections.

This issue also features a companion exhibition and workshop at Tensta konsthall.

Wednesday November 12th, 5 - 8 pm
Workshop. We have invited teenagers from different parts of Stockholm to participate in a workshop. During this workshop we will create clothes that challenge the notion of a garment.

Thursday November 13th
Opening 5 - 7 pm
Exhibited works: Ingela Nilsson's One piece: new pictographic orientation and Åsa Arvidsson Björk's Ruta 1.
The results from the workshop will be presented in the exhibition.

Exhibition between November 13th and 16th
Opening hours 12 - 5 pm, Tensta Konsthall.

You will also be able to view pictures from the exhibit and workshop on this website.

Fashionplay is a non-profit organization that was founded to seek out new paths and methods in fashion. We intend to stimulate a balanced discussion on the functions of fashion by working on boundary-defying projects that challenge and question related normative notions.

Welcome!
Therese Dahlqvist, Helena Hertov
English translation: Jan Salomonsson