Reverse Garbage Queensland is returning to the Princess Theatre in November to celebrate Brisbane’s growing upcycle community of refashion, wearable art and cosplay designers in their annual WornOUT Exhibition.
The future of waste in the textile industry will be explored by Brisbane’s community of slow fashion designers when their creations hit the runway at Reverse Garbage Queensland’s (RGQ) WornOUT? 2019 showcase on Saturday, November 23 at the Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba.
According to Jane Milburn from Textile Beat, slow fashion advocate and Exhibition ambassador, Australians are the world’s second-largest consumers of new textiles, absorbing around 27kg of clothing fibres annually, while sending 23kg of textiles and leather to landfill each year.
This trend could be set to turn with the world’s largest fashion resale marketplace ThredUp reporting that the second hand market is expected to make up one-third of global consumers’ wardrobes by 2033.
“We’ll be showcasing double the number of garments from last year, which is our largest contingency of refashion, wearable art and cosplay designers in our three-year history”, said Bill Ennals, Exhibition Coordinator.
“We think this jump in participation and community interest is a reflection of the changing tide on a growing consciousness amongst Brisbane’s fashion consumers,” he added.
As a part of WornOUT? 2019 Jane Milburn and Elizabeth Kingston, Exhibition Curator, are creating a community garment made from upcycled denim, with the ‘dress-in-progress’ on display at the Reverse Garbage Queensland warehouse for community members and customers to contribute to.
The final garment will be revealed as a part of the WornOUT refashion art category in a finale statement to the Future of Waste. WornOUT 2019 is a free event open to all ages and will take place on Saturday the 23rd of November from 7pm to 10pm at the Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba.