Spectrum
By Misk, Year 10
What colour represents me? Am I an ocean blue or a princess pink? Does the colour green make my chocolate-coloured eyes pop or should I play it safe and wear all black? My mother says the colour purple suits me, my sister thinks gold velvety fabric makes my skin tone shine. My cousin says sage-green dresses make me look older, and my brother says red silk makes me look like royalty. My father sees me as a little girl when I wear baby pink, and my friends say light blue complements the rosy pink of my cheeks. I cannot picture a single colour that captures my chaotic personality, beauty, and character. What other people see when they look at me and how I see myself change as I grow, and my colours change with me.
I am not one colour.
Whether I am wearing red, green, pink or blue, or I am seven, ten or 15 years old, I will always be a mixture of bright colours and vibrant pigments. I am a spectrum.
An excerpt from Free to Fashion.
Sewing the fabric of their own identity, the students of Birrong Girls High School and Bossley Park High School took a deep dive into what it means to be Free to Fashion.
The Social Outfit, a fashion label with a difference and Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing organisation, ran storytelling, writing and art workshops with these creative young women. They were free to write, draw and craft their own unique ideas about what fashion means to them. These became the inspiration for a bespoke fabric collection and one-of-a kind outfit produced by The Social Outfit. The thoughtful stories the young women wrote, and images of their artworks, are collected here, alongside brief self-portraits.
The culmination of this work was proudly displayed at Carriageworks on Gadigal Land during The Social Outfit’s 10th birthday celebration.