THE CONCEPT:
Every group was producing the show for a different pathway. VOID presented Fashion Design for Womenswear, ODYSSEY corresponded to Fashion Design for Menswear and Fashion Design with Marketing, and finally, MONITUS showed Fashion Knitwear and Print. “A lot of us were hesitant as to how we could make three different concepts work together, the unconventionality of the idea was daunting, this wasn’t what we expected the White Show to be,” the team says. “Despite the differences in our narratives, we were able to successfully combine them into a three-part saga, presenting three equally poignant critiques on the modern world.”
“Starting from thinking about the turmoil of the past few years and events such as forest fires in Australia, turn of the world’s politics into a more conservative direction, Black Lives Matter, as well as institutional failures during the pandemic we decided to express our need for the reassessment of the society that follows new values.” – Maciej Knas
The three parts of the show have a strong political and social narrative. VOID discussed the notion of ego and the role of the muse which “often dictates a fashion image”, by removing the models and focusing on the creations as artifacts. ODYSSEY aimed to take the viewer on a journey from darkness to light. “Starting from thinking about the turmoil of the past few years and events such as forest fires in Australia, turn of the world’s politics into a more conservative direction, Black Lives Matter, as well as institutional failures during the pandemic we decided to express our need for the reassessment of the society that follows new values,” Maciej Knas says, linking the show to the unsettling events of the last year. Continuing the commentary to today’s times, MONITUS was a clear remark on our dependency on technology and more specifically on our frustration with the digital. In Katie Hudson’s words, “we surrender our privacy, allowing for the monitoring of every thought, action, and movement (…) Our final outcome, a 3D rendering of the campus, was able to return the designers’ visions to the place of their conception, allowing them to exist – uncompromised.”