Creations are art that walks
EVERYTHING from metal and recycled objects to silk and rubber will be artfully reconfigured into dramatic outfits as part of the Whitsunday Reef Festival's Wearable Art Competition.
Sponsored by Wilmar Sugar, the competition and fashion parade are one of the highlights of the festival for many aspiring local fashion designers, as well as the hundreds of people who turn out to support the event.
Event organiser Kirsten Orenshaw said wearable art could be sewn, constructed, glued, painted, collaged, riveted, woven and knitted - and just about anything else your imagination dreams up.
"There really is no limit to what you can create and the materials you can use to make it. Last year's entries included everything from clocks to newspapers incorporated into the outfits," she said.
The theme this year is Finding the Reef, which can be interpreted in a number of different ways.
The Wilmar Sugar Wearable Art Parade and judging will take place on Saturday, August 13 on the Airlie Beach foreshore.
To enter visit www.whitsundayreeffestival.com.au.
