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"Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the
links between clothing, adornment and wellbeing.
“Enclothed cognition” considers the psychology of clothing, and designers are
exploring how to create garments to heal the wearer.
First Nations people understand the power of connection to cultural clothing
and adornment. Items like possum and kangaroo skin cloaks can contribute to
healing and cultural practice.
But it’s not only traditional clothing that can lead to healing. In Australia,
there is a rise of designers and artists creating and fashioning painful
Protectionist-era clothing on the runway and in the galleries.
By recreating clothing tied to painful and traumatic memories and histories,
these designers and artists hope to share these horrific policies, rewrite the
meaning behind them, and move forward in healing."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
