ArcInTex 2021.

Future Living Environments Symposium  

https://www.futurelivingenvironments.org/

The April 2021 ArcInTex Symposium brought together researchers, academics and postgraduate students from across the global ArcInTex Network to discuss current issues, research and opportunities for collaboration around the theme of Future Living Environments. The program included 3 live discussion panels; an online exhibition with an associated live forum to discuss work in the exhibition; and a PhD student colloquium (live) with as associated register of PhD projects and abstracts.

Abstract.

Binary gender as a design model in the fashion industry puts limitations on gender expression. Gender is not as simple as purely just male or female but rather gender is a spectrum that people exist across. Gender has room for movement, change and diversity. This research offers an alternative way of creating a fashion collection by upholding the view of gender as a spectrum rather than as binary. Through a range of textile creation and application techniques traditional societal binary gender expectations are questioned and deceived. The practice-based research approach results in a fashion collection that isn’t confined by the binary gender limitations of current day New Zealand society.