Design born and reborn…. Sketched and resketched. From hand painted with a brush, to heat pressed, to fix the paints and then off to market to clothe human beings in art. Isn’t that crazy? Absolutely, but we love it!
Image via Instagram (@tellyourchildren)
On 14 October, TRASHOLD pulled together old and discarded jackets and reinvented them into a creative sewing work of fashionable art. A collaboration between Tell Your Children and contemptcreations, these pieces were put up on display and were also for sale at the Far Out! Gallery along Tanjong Katong Road.
The final products were all beautiful. Before stepping in, we were expecting a gallery full of clothing. But as we entered, it feels like we’ve accidentally stepped into an art museum. Walking down through the corridor, we’re regaled with futurist artworks by these invigorated pieces. These designers and artists used fashion as a canvas for artwork, allowing us to wear art on our sleeves.
Most of the time, fans of this kind of fashion are seeking something no one else has. These apparels are unique because they were hand-painted and carefully crafted in the style of each designer.
Tell Your Children has taken part in several art initiatives and has shown a distinctive voice through their medium – paint. Collaborating with contemptcreations, they embarked on an apparel based project and upcycle old clothes by taking old jackets and remaking them into incredible art pieces.
Each vintage jacket tells their own story; in each tear, stain and crease of the fabric. The use of unexpected materials and the subdued palette are all aspects of their creations and reflect much of the project itself.
The gallery certainly embedded the pieces of bygone days, and marketed them to a style-besotted public as never hipper or more “now”. It also provided us with more insights on how we can be more efficient with leftover materials and give new life to them.
Tell Your Children
Tell Your Children (TYC Studios) is a creative collective of four based in Singapore. Since starting out in 2014, the group has worked with a multitude of clients and projects from Southeast Asia and North America such as MTV Asia, Facebook, New Balance and Uniqlo. Aside from curating and organising art exhibitions and various events catered to building the creative community in Singapore, TYC has also been featured on different Southeast Asian print and online publications. View more of their work on Instagram.
Contemptcreations
Based in Singapore, contemptcreations is a duo of visual artists with a penchant for in-depth storytelling; creating and directing focused looks in every series of images. They specialise in styling, photography, light crafting, set design, art direction and conceptualising. View more of their work on Instagram!
