Fashion sketch from 1940s of a woman in a yellow dress

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Fashion Formations Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre

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Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades

Bradshaw Street,
Ballarat VIC 3350

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  • Sat 21 Feb

9:30am–4:30pm

$250 per person

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Informed by the Lorna Clarke Collection held in the RMIT Design Archives, this session will explore the designs reflective of the silhouette, details, materials and colours popular in the 1940s.

Students will be introduced to the use of blocks in developing patterns translating design ideas from fashion illustrations to the finished garment.

At the end of the session, participants will have created a suite of pattern drafts and pieces inspired by the vintage Lorna Clark designs.

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