Int’l fashion design exhibition ‘Local International’ underway

A week-long international fashion design exhibition titled ‘Local International’ is underway at Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth gallery,  Dhanmondi in the capital.  The inauguration ceremony of the exhibition was held on Tuesday evening on the gallery premise.

The exhibition presents the results of the fashion design exchange projects between Bangladesh and Berlin since 2015. This project is initiated by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Weissensee school of art and design Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology. The Bengal Foundation and the Fashion Revolution are the exhibition partners.

In her welcoming speech, Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said, “Finally, the exhibition ‘Local International’ is presented in Dhaka. The five days show offers a space for reflection and for planning new action: on the production and design processes of (local to global) fashion and on transcultural programmes as effective ways to build sustainable co-production and cooperation”.

Terming Bangladesh as one of the most important countries in the fashion production, Professor Heike Selmer of the Weissensee school of art and design Berlin, said that the fashion designers nowadays need to know where fashion is produced.

Professor Dr Ayub Nabi Khan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, BUFT, highly praised the initiative to promote sustainability, fair- trade and design methods in this exhibition and heartily thanked Goethe-Institut and Bengal Foundation for organising the event. As an appreciation of the exhibition, Professor Khan said, “The works displayed in the exhibition by talented designers exhibit few solutions to these issues of existing practices of the fashion business and offer future destiny of fashion designers’ role in achieving a healthy and environment-friendly planet.”

Local International is an international cultural exchange programme between Bangladesh and Germany focusing on sustainability and fair production methods within the textile industry.

From the year 2015, 48 fashion designers and fashion students from Berlin and Dhaka have been selected to participate in Local International project. In lectures and specialised workshops, the participants were given an insight into the topics of sustainability, fair-trade and design methods, in order to develop their own creative approaches, concepts, products and collections. The result of these projects has been presented earlier in two exhibitions: local international I and local international II.

The exhibition will remain open to all every day from 12pm to 8pm until tomorrow.

Intl fashion design exhibition Local International underway

A week-long international fashion design exhibition titled Local International is underway at Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth gallery, Dhanmondi in the capital. The inauguration ceremony of the exhibition was held on Tuesday evening on the gallery premise. The exhibition presents the results of the fashion design exchange projects between Bangladesh and Berlin since 2015. This project is initiated by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Weissensee school of art and design Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology. The Bengal Foundation and the Fashion Revolution are the exhibition partners. In her welcoming speech, Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said, Finally, the exhibition Local International is presented in Dhaka. The five days show offers a space for reflection and for planning new action: on the production and design processes of (local to global) fashion and on transcultural programmes as effective ways to build sustainable co-production and cooperation. Terming Bangladesh as one of the most important countries in the fashion production, Professor Heike Selmer of the Weissensee school of art and design Berlin, said that the fashion designers nowadays need to know where fashion is produced. Professor Dr Ayub Nabi Khan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, BUFT, highly praised the initiative to promote sustainability, fair- trade and design methods in this exhibition and heartily thanked Goethe-Institut and Bengal Foundation for organising the event. As an appreciation of the exhibition, Professor Khan said, The works displayed in the exhibition by talented designers exhibit few solutions to these issues of existing practices of the fashion business and offer future destiny of fashion designers role in achieving a healthy and environment-friendly planet. Local International is an international cultural exchange programme between Bangladesh and Germany focusing on sustainability and fair production methods within the textile industry. From the year 2015, 48 fashion designers and fashion students from Berlin and Dhaka have been selected to participate in Local International project. In lectures and specialised workshops, the participants were given an insight into the topics of sustainability, fair-trade and design methods, in order to develop their own creative approaches, concepts, products and collections. The result of these projects has been presented earlier in two exhibitions: local international I and local international II. The exhibition will remain open to all every day from 12pm to 8pm until tomorrow.