The brief:

• Local and natural materials.
• Vernacular, from the Latin vernaculus, "indigenous", originally refers to anything that is raised, woven, cultivated or made in the home or locally, as opposed to that which is acquired through exchange.
• Use locally available natural resources; Use artisanal manufacturing processes for materials and components; Vegetable dyeing possible

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• Fashion that respects the rhythm and renewal of life
• The move away from marketing-driven collections towards collections rooted in local seasons and natural ecosystems.
• The use of biodegradable materials, harvested without intensive extraction, as some animals do (weaver birds, beavers, etc.).
• What if fashion were no longer a global, planetary act, but a more local, non-market, community-based phenomenon and aesthetic, linked to ecosystems and their singularity?

The brief:

• Turning waste into a new resource
• Make sober use of what has already been exploited
• Use existing and available stocks of materials, clothing and accessories
• No dyeing, just use the colours of the materials used
• Making clothes in France 

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• What are the benefits and limits of the circular economy for the ecological transition? 
• Can we really recycle everything, and should we recycle everything?
• How and under what conditions does nature recycle?
• How can a circular vision of flows and relationships transform our relationship with fashion to make it more sustainable?

The brief:

• Assembling like nature. Structure, Form, Process.
• SELF ASSEMBLY: Designing the product to simplify the assembly process as much as possible, while reducing the energy and material costs of the operation.
• MODULAR: Designing the product so that as many of its components as possible function independently of whether they belong to a given system.

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• How do the processes of manufacturing and assembling living things suggest we question our industrial practices and our massive consumption of materials and energy?

The brief:

• Cooperate - Interact - Be interconnected - Communicate
• Use biocompatible materials and/or materials derived from symbiosis and/or based on micro-organisms  
• Able to interact or evolve with the person wearing the kimono and/or with the outside world. 

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• Are humans capable of developing mutualistic symbioses (mutually beneficial relationships between species) to meet their basic needs? 
• What are the promises and limits of regenerative production?

The brief:

• Functionality determines form. 
• Structural complexity, rather than chemical composition, is at the root of the functional diversity of biological materials.
• Identify one or more functions, find the function in living organisms, reproduce the principle

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• How can a multifunctional approach change our relationship with fashion to make it more sustainable?
• Imitating the remarkable functions of living organisms thanks to scientific and technological advances: how far should we go and what ethics should we apply?
• How can functionality, utility and identity be expressed?

Reflection:

• A non-fashion show
• designed by non-human living beings 
• to question human fashion

The brief:

• A free forum, via creations or messages
• Imagining the intervention of non-human living organisms 
• Alerts? Interpellations? Encouragement? Appeals? ... what would Nature have to say at the end of the parade?

AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON :

• In nature, no garment is "designed" by a human being.
• Here, the living conceive, choose, grow, moult, fade or transform. 
• It's a counter-fashion, a slow, organic ritual.
• The human body becomes a support and is erased in the service of the living?
• Is there fashion in nature? 

Audrey PRAT

Our super organiser - the show's inspiration and producer! Your contact to join us!

aprat.biominspi@gmail.com  

06 25 18 35 26

Jocelyn MEIRE

Founder of FASK, President of the École de Production de Confection textile de la Région Sud and of Mode in Sud, Columnist on BFM Marseille-Provence

Mariana DOMINGUEZ

CEO Fungus Sapiens / MÆLIUM™ / R&D Edibles, Biomaterials & bioinspired solutions

Simon MANDIN

Founder of LA BOITE BIENFAITE agency
Expert in sustainable plant-based materials and components - Fashion & luxury speaker

Philippe VROMAN

Associate Professor at ENSAIT, Member of the GEMTEX laboratory, ULR 2461, University of Lille

Grégory LAMAUD

Founder 2G2L Paris - Fashion Design & Consulting

Thomas BUSUTTIL

Founder of La 5ème Saison / Expert in sustainable innovation and regenerative business models / Director of Fashion Green Hub