PRS Australia PhD Examination - Alicja Kuzmycz (School of Fashion and Textiles - RMIT University)

Join us for the PhD examination of School of Fashion and Textiles candidate, Alicja Kuzmycz.

6:30pm - 8:30pm, Wednesday 22 October.

Open Dress-ing: Design Explorations Through Making and Wearing

Alicja’s creative practice research explored how open design principles could be adapted to question fashion’s underutilisation and overconsumption paradigm.  

Change is an integral aspect of the Western fashion system, which has inherent hierarchies that ‘close down’ alternate voices and knowledge systems, restricting and separating design and wearing practices and creating ‘closed’ garments that do not invite change by the wearer.  

This project challenged the dominant fashion model by proposing an alternate strategy of ‘open’ garments, systems, and practices, encouraging wearer engagement for maximum wear.  

The study makes a significant and original contribution to knowledge by establishing and evaluating an open fashion design model.  

This model strips away the hierarchies of knowledge that often exclude diverse wearer experiences and reveals previously undocumented wearing practices.

Access
This examination will be online. A link will be provided on the PRS Portal, and a reminder with the viewing link will also be provided to registrants on the day of the exam.