Wonder

By Sally, Year 10

I walked into my parents’ room and saw my mother going through the closet, putting clothes away, taking clothes out, organising the pants, dresses, suits, shirts and more into their own places. All the fabrics, colours, patterns flowing, radiating, and my mind started to wonder if I had any old clothes.

So I asked her: ‘Do I have any clothes from when I was little?’

‘Well, not many, I guess,’ she replied. 

‘Why didn’t you keep them?” I asked.

She went silent for a moment. ‘I couldn’t. We had to leave.’

 

An excerpt from Free to Fashion.

Bright pink book cover of 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 in this book, 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.

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