Dual Outlook

Fraser Crowe's 'Dual Outlook' was conceived as a fashion outfit for the year 2005. It is a set of five garments to contain or house the viewer in a 'space' away from the demands of hypothetical ever increasing technological pressures in a future. Combining advances in textile technology at the time and traditional weaving, Dual Outlook consists of five elements. The undergarment, a Lycra... more

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Credit: Photo by Rob McEldowney
Copyright: Image © Fraser Crowe
Credit: Photographer unknown, photo courtesy of Kim Fraser and Deborah Crowe
Copyright: Image © Fraser Crowe
Designer: Kim Fraser and Deborah Crowe
Manufacturing location: Auckland
Garment type: Ensemble
Material: Lycra, nylon, polyester, copper wire
Features: Handwoven visor, copper coated polyester 'fly sheet'
Colour: Copper, black, transparent
Exhibition: Couture to Chaos: Fashion from the 1960s to Now, a National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Exhibition, 21 April – 6 July 1997 at the Auckland Art Gallery
Label: Fraser Crowe
Date: 1997