FRUIT FROCKS F O X
ORANGE EXPLORATIONS
2017-2018FRUIT FROCKS F O X was a project that arose out of my love of citrus, and most notoriously, oranges. I eat an orange a day and much to my dismay orange peels cannot be composted in vermicomposts! (Although the rumours are not true – you can home compost citrus peels!!) In 2018, I was given a brief for the R Sustainable Fashion Show, hosted by the Edinburgh College of Art and organised by fellow students. Ill and consuming satsumas and oranges galore, I decided I needed to do something with the peels piling up around me!
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These initial experiments were sewn into several citrus peel bikinis and showcased at numerous fashion shows and exhibitions across Edinburgh.
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My sewing was outpacing my citrus consumption so I reached out to local cafés and formed a collaboration with the renowned Kilimanjaro Café on Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. They made fresh orange juice daily and I would collect all their discarded orange peels to take home, de-pulp, clean, and dry. Once dried, I sewed them into all sorts of garments – skirts, dresses, bikini tops, necklaces, earrings, headbands, and maybe one day shoes!
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In order to make these garments more durable I conducted a series of experiments testing which substances would make my orange peels both flexible and resistant.
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1 - INITIAL EXPERIMENTS
2 - KILIMANJARO CAFE COLLABORATION
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 | Las Bahamas
"Fruit Salad"
Exhibitions & Fashion Shows
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 | The Caves
"Sensi Presents: Visionary Experiences"
Time & Location
18 Jan 2018, 19:00
The Caves, 8-10 Niddry St S, Edinburgh EH1 1NS, UK
Sat, 3 Mar 2018 | Edinburgh College of Art
"R Sustainable Fashion Show"
‘R Sustainable’ is a Social Enterprise that acts as a professional platform for students, artisans, and ethical brands to explore sustainable fashion. The show aims to be a holistic project that raises awareness of issues surrounding sustainability in the fashion industry. The event concentrates on material innovation in a wide variety of fields, from food, to fashion, to chemistry, to engineering.
R represents the five R’s we ought to undertake so as to minimise our ecological footprint:
Reduce
Refuse
Reuse
Recycle
Redesign
Time & Location
3 Mar 2018, 18:30
Edinburgh College of Art
74 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, UK
Sat, 10 Mar 2018 | Dynamic Earth
EDINBURGH CHARITY FASHION SHOW 2018 presents:
"The Greatest Show on Earth"
ECFS is back in style presenting The Greatest Show on Earth, a circus-themed extravaganza celebrating the best of Edinburgh’s creativity. Our focus this year is on embracing uniqueness, difference and diversity through a colourful and vibrant fusion of fashion, music and art for the most exciting and boldest show to date. Our 30 models will walk the runway in clothes selected by designers not only from Edinburgh, but around the UK and Europe. Join us on Saturday 10th March, where Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh’s mesmerising science centre, will be transformed into a spectacular circus tent, with performers, fire-breathers, tarot card readers, magicians, ringmasters and showgirls.
★ Drinks and Canapés; Live Music & Performances; Renowned DJs; State of the Art Lighting and Projections; Auction and Raffle; Fashion and Art Stalls ★
-CHARITY-
This year ECFS are very pleased to be supporting the Super Power Agency. Based in Leith, Edinburgh, the Super Power Agency helps to improve the lives and literacy rates of some of Edinburgh’s most deprived young people through individual mentoring and creative writing workshops. The Super Power Agency provides children with the skills they need and deserve in order to close the attainment gap in education, foster aspiration, and become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
Please visit: http://superpoweragency.com/
Time & Location
10 Mar 2018, 19:00
Dynamic Earth
Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS, UK