Fashion has No Gender workshop features at PowWow Waterloo

Traditionally, what someone wore was one of the main indicators of their gender.

Fashion for men and fashion for women was separate and clearly defined.

Broadly speaking, this might still be the case today, however the increased visibility of transgender people and campaigns for their equality has opened up a world of possibility for designers.

The Fashion has No Gender workshop will bring together a panel of young artists and designers to discuss gender identity and self-expression within the context of fashion.

Part of the PowWow Waterloo debate series run by WeAreWaterloo, it will be held at the renovated Morley Gallery.

The debates are intended to facilitate challenging discussions.

Taking place at the tail end of London Fashion Week, panellists include Kidda Kinsey, Saffron Cann and Kito Bamba. Kidda is an artist and storyteller.

She will encourage participants to paint onto umbrellas, as a means of expressing their own gender identity.

She also hopes to instigate a conversation around the benefit and potential harm of umbrella terms for gender.

After the creative session, Saffron and Kito will join Kidda in a panel discussion on the relationship between language and art and identity.

This will be followed by drinks and a DJ set.

Morley Gallery opened in 1968. Originally part of the Arts Centre in Morley College, it was situated in an old pub.

Today it shows between eight and 12 exhibitions a year, incorporating painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles, installations, digital and sound art.

The Fashion has No Gender workshop and talk are being held on September 22 from 4.30pm to 9pm.

Tickets are £5 and include workshop, talk and networking drinks.

 

 

Picture: A PowWow Waterloo debate Picture: Liam Woods