Archibald employs a similar technique with textiles, including silk organza and horsehair canvas in a process that both deconstructs and illuminates the complexities of traditional men’s tailoring. The autumn–winter 2022 collection was inspired by the work of German artist Angela Glajcar, whose spectacular installations and sculptures build layers of hand-cut paper to form dimension and composition. For Archibald, the garments are a commentary on the Australian textile industry’s depletion, showing how materials must be repurposed to meet the prize’s brief: to produce a garment that is 100 per cent Australian made from fibre to form. With materiality at the centre of Archibald’s design process, outerwear was created from repurposed army blankets using wool that was locally grown, spun and sewn into items for the Australian Armed Forces in the 1960s. Developed as a submission for the International Woolmark Prize, Outfit, from the Last Knitting Mill collection, is a series of garments exploring responsible and innovative uses of wool textiles. On display at Melbourne Now are looks from BLAIRARCHIBALD’s autumn–winter 2018 and autumn–winter 2022 collections. Archibald’s conceptual garments are wearable, sustainable and durable, and he is known for repurposing production waste into new textiles. The designer is interested in deconstructing masculinity through experimental tailoring that plays with volume and drapery, drawing from the design languages of utility, workwear and uniforms. BLAIRARCHIBALD is an independent menswear label created by New-Zealand born Blair Archibald.
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