wearable art

Sooke: Fine art you can wear, It’s locally designed, it’s handmade, it’s squeaky green and it’s gorgeous

You know you’re in an arty crowd at a fashion show when the ornate felted jackets get the biggest cheers, the soundtrack is vintage jazz instead of blaring techno and the audience claps politely as ensembles leave the runway rather than enter. The Artz4Fashion show Saturday night was a new event at this year’s 24th [...]

Campbell River: City’s first wearable art show

Campbell River Art Gallery will hold the city’s first Wearable Art Fashion Show and Art Auction on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Gallery. “There will be models and a runway,” says Gallery director Jeanette Taylor, “but that’s where any similarity to fashion shows as we know them ends. The pieces you’ll see here [...]