Collection item
Cloud 9 dress
The model wears two identical dresses layered over the top of each other. They come from a capsule collection titled Happy Ending, which designer Rawiri Brown developed as part of the Tautai Fale-ship, a home residency project initiated in response to Covid-19 and its impact on artists. The collection makes tongue-in-cheek references to his hometown, Otaki, and its sunny logo and uses hyper-saturated colour and experiments with the shapes and materiality of found objects such as a plastic paddling pool. The finished collection was presented at a private showing in a garden in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
Details
Photographer:
Laura Taylor Da Costa
Model
Cass Makoni
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Doris de Pont
Copyright:
All Rights Reserved, Image © Laura Taylor Da Costa
Designer:
Rawiri Brown
Manufacturing location:
Auckland
Garment type:
Dress
Material:
Nylon elastane
Features:
The dress is made from two large circles with a self-fabric ruffle applied to the surface. The label is backed by a rectangle of plastic which has been cut from a discarded paddling pool and the care label has been handwritten.
Colour:
Sky blue
Label:
Rawiri Brown
Date:
2020