Schonkala
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Nicky Schonkala's contribution to the 'Sustainable Couture' exhibition at the Castlemaine State Festival in April 2011.
Sustainable Couture is a unique fashion event with an environmental twist…and in 2011 it travelled from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to the Castlemaine State Festival in Victoria.
Sustainable Couture is a clothing label created by eight Alice Springs women who have fused their skills as artists, designers and garment makers, with a unique approach to recycling. Sustainable Couture showcases the practical, humorous, and environmentally sensitive approach to life that is the hallmark of people living and working outside the mainstream in remote, Central Australia.
The exclusive, one-off designs allow their wearers to make not just a fashion statement but also to reduce their carbon footprint, as the garments are made from pre-loved clothing, curtains, blankets and sometimes even tyre inner-tubes!
Sustainable Couture 2011 25
Nicky Schonkala's contribution to the 'Sustainable Couture' exhibition at the Castlemaine State Festival in April 2011.
Sustainable Couture is a unique fashion event with an environmental twist…and in 2011 it travelled from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to the Castlemaine State Festival in Victoria.
Sustainable Couture is a clothing label created by eight Alice Springs women who have fused their skills as artists, designers and garment makers, with a unique approach to recycling. Sustainable Couture showcases the practical, humorous, and environmentally sensitive approach to life that is the hallmark of people living and working outside the mainstream in remote, Central Australia.
The exclusive, one-off designs allow their wearers to make not just a fashion statement but also to reduce their carbon footprint, as the garments are made from pre-loved clothing, curtains, blankets and sometimes even tyre inner-tubes!