London & Stockholm 2 0 1 2
Dressed–Integrity- organized by The Swedish school of textiles and London College of Fashion presents new logics of expression and functionality in dress and its relation to the body. As an aesthetic research program in dress it is about the fundamental relationship between form and material, between
technique and expression. Through the development in art the program aims to challenge the institutions of craft
through the appropriation of technology, and through the development science and epistemology the program aims
to challenge the institutions of technology through the appropriation of art. The research program is therefore not an
empirical research program that aims to introduce new theories about fashion. It is about developing foundational
concepts and theoretical propositions of fashion design in and for itself as an academic field with an obvious
integrity. As such the exhibition present a few examples of new techniques, methods, models and definitions of
dress and its relation to the body, conducted by handful of PhD candidates within the research program in fashion
design at the Swedish School of Textiles, Borås, Sweden.
Cle m e n s Thornquist
Professor, Swedish School of Textile

Gallery KG52, Kammakargatan 52, Stockholm
April 19-28
Open: Tuesday-Thursday 12-18, Friday-Saturday 12-16