Agoraphobia is a collection of nineteen photographs made in response to Octavius La Rosa’s private collection of runway COMME des GARÇONS. Octavius began collecting in 2008, opening the Melbourne based retail store dot COMME in 2013 with Holly Rose Butler.
Constructed in response to Octavius’ collecting process Agoraphobia was made by textile display specialist Annette Soumilas and artist Rudi Williams between 2015 - 2018. The nineteen photographs document twenty-two COMME des GARÇONS runway garments dated from 2012 – 2018.
The photographs were created using a 5 x 4 large format film camera; each scenario a studied, in camera response to Rei Kawakubo's designs and concepts, the engineering of the garments and the psychological space the garments inhabit for the wearer. The publication was launched in 2018 at dot COMME, Melbourne to commemorate ten years of Octavius' collection, with an exhibition of the garments photographed in the publication.
Accreditation:
Photography, Artistic Direction, Design, Production: Rudi Williams
Fashion and Textile Display Consultant, Photographic assistant: Annette Soumilas
Collection: Octavius La Rosa
Distribution: Holly Rose Butler
Garments: COMME des GARÇONS designed by Rei Kawakubo
Model: Didah
A G O R A P H O B I A
Agoraphobia is a collection of nineteen photographs made in response to Octavius La Rosa’s private collection of runway COMME des GARÇONS.Octavius began collecting in 2008, opening the Melbourne based retail store dot COMME in 2013 with Holly Rose Butler.
Constructed in response to Octavius’ collecting process Agoraphobia was made by textile display specialist Annette Soumilas and artist Rudi Williams between 2015 - 2018. The nineteen photographs document twenty-two COMME des GARÇONS runway garments dated from 2012 – 2018.
The photographs were created using a 5 x 4 large format film camera; each scenario a studied, in camera response to Rei Kawakubo's designs and concepts, the engineering of the garments and the psychological space the garments inhabit for the wearer.
Accreditation:
Photography, Artistic Direction, Design, Production: Rudi Williams
Fashion and Textile Display Consultant, Photographic assistant: Annette Soumilas
Collection: Octavius La Rosa
Distribution: Holly Rose Butler
Garments: COMME des GARÇONS designed by Rei Kawakubo
Model: Didah