THE former hair salon hallway of Mok Bar\u2019s upstairs interior will serve as the runway for the latest collections from the Koskha Art Fuelled Fashion label.<\/p>\n
Early next month, Koskha director Kat Pengelly will present five collections through a fashion parade at the venue.<\/p>\n
With a dance party to follow the fashion show, Pengelly said the event will showcase the development of her recent collection Wacky Trackies as well as debut her Fashion Canvas show.<\/p>\n
\u201cFashion Canvas is art on clothing,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s painting, it\u2019s Texta, it\u2019s oil pastels on fabric. The concept of Fashion Canvas is taking it to the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people might be intimidated about going to an art gallery but if people are wearing art on their clothes walking down the street they expose people to art in an engaging way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ten pieces will feature from the Wacky Trackies collection as well as nine from the Fashion Canvas show, with the latter funded by a City of Ballarat Creative Inspiration grant through Regional Arts Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event is to make this a public outcome,\u201d Pengelly said. \u201cRather than taking some photos of the work and just sending it back to the City of Ballarat.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the outfits, Arty Dance Party Ensemble featured in the Show Stopper collection, is a collaboration between Pengelly and her student Corrie Nantes.<\/p>\n
The show will also include a preview of Pengelly\u2019s Truck show, which premiered at the Nati Frinj Biennale last year.<\/p>\n
Forty outfits overall will be showcased from Pengelly\u2019s new and old collections, the oldest of which will be Sea Worthy Wool which originally debuted at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2011.<\/p>\n
Pengelly said the show will be something of a retrospective for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have some beautiful pieces from previous shows that will get a bit of an airing,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s some people who might\u2019ve seen these outfits from around 12 years ago and some who haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a super divers range from practical clothes you can wear to what I call show-stoppers and over-the-top garments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Live music will be provided by DJ Cosmik Frequencies during the event.<\/p>\n
The Koshka fashion parade will take place at Mok Bar on Thursday 6 July from 8pm. Tickets range from $30 to $55 to $1000 VIP while support workers enter free, and can be booked at bit.ly\/3Jh2Pcy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE former hair salon hallway of Mok Bar\u2019s upstairs interior will serve as the runway for the latest collections from the Koskha Art Fuelled Fashion label. Early next month, Koskha director Kat Pengelly will present five collections through a fashion parade at the venue. With a dance party to follow the fashion show, Pengelly said […]<\/p>\n