Kaleidoscope

Jody describes some of her processes below:

Working out how to make these dresses was one big mathematical equation! It took 5 samples (attempts) to get the sizing and proportion right.

I used small offcuts of silk to test colours, divisions and balance of the design.

Alek (Left) and Jemma (Right). Two of my students helped to cut the hundreds of pieces of fabric.

A paper template of the dress pattern was fixed to the table to help keep the order of colour and construction. As each piece of fabric was cut it was then placed over the template.

There are 64 octagons and 56 Diamonds in the long dress.

Half of the octagons were made up of multi colours. These pieces were cut and sewn one at at time, then placed over the paper template on the table.

Students Alek Mathiang and Adau Dut helped to make the tulle petticoats to go under the dresses.

Checking fit and finalising details.

Nuha’s work arrived from Sydney bursting with colour.

I had custom-made mannequin stands turned by Tracey from Malady Designs and Nuha transformed them beautifully into an almost eatable form.

Jane Parker – Co-Founder of Country Road and Head of Fashion and Costume at LCI Melbourne, with her student Josh Rubite at the window party.

Students from LCI Melbourne, together contributed more than 500 hours of work placement to help create the window installation.
(From left – Josh Rubite, Adau Dut, Alek Mathiang, me and Jemma Osbourne)