Yaqian's Blog

I imagined several times about what this studio looks like on the way to Collingwood. Is it mysterious? Is it has delicate fittings? Is it in a mess with a exactly free style? However, i think the real situation of this studio is not the one created by my mind,because it starts from a cafe bar….not with dazzling brand logo, a normal sense of high class fashion, is a bright place which makes me feel amiabe. Anyway, i love it. Especially when i realized the clothing and accessories were made by reused and recycled materials. The designers here frequently use hand dyeing techniques and all materials used are ethically produced using only reclaimed or up-cycled materials and all collections are the result of collaboration between the designers.  As i know, the Social Studio is a great social initiative with the aim of providing education, work experience and employment opportunities for people from refugee backgrounds. It consists of a retail store, a cafe (The Cutting Table) and a fashion school, moreover, it is supported by RMIT, and it takes part in some charity programs. Even better is that they have a café operating on the same social mission, it is different like other normal cafes. The foods there are all Halal and free-range, guilt-free food, too. Really nice Moroccan ‘burger’ vegetarian, and bunless…and guiltless), and special African herbal teas. Thus, the most impressive impression about the studio is it has a strong sense of natural. Take a glance of the window and the production table, all fabrics and jewelleries are laying on the table and box, they are waiting for the magical hands to recreate them into a fresh new look. I think the atmosphere in there is peaceful, no business profits, everything has the original shape. It reminds me the scenes of running in the Arica grassland, the touch of wide animals, the clean wind and air, a bit hug with the natural world. On the other hand, the style of clothing, i mean the style of design, you can find all works are simple, without complicated decroration parts, and also without any sense of pursue or imitate modern or popular tendency.  I guess, the motivation of such clothes is just they are designing what they want, dropped off other desires. I believe there a group people who are interested in this new method studio, and will donate them to support it achieves there purposes. In addition, i enjoyed the time of visiting the social studio, i hope one day, if i have time, money, stuff, i would like to have one, or just join one as a free time career. By the way, the herbal teas are rally really good, i can forget this special taste and smell. Recommend you guys try it.