Project Rundle - Renaissance Arcade

Post Project Rundle parade we chatted with Storm on how the Renaissance Arcade inspired her dress.

Describe your garment and how the Renaissance Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
I got my inspiration from the buildings brickwork textures, the window shapes, the leaves of the plants, graffiti and the old brass lighting. I got a distinct Asian feel from Renaissance Arcade and Austin Street, so I used an oriental red for the pop colour in my garment. My design depicts old romance and femineity with a modern twist because of the way the garment hugs and celebrates a woman’s curves.


Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle?
I was challenged by having to look at a place in a different way and using everything it encompassed to influence my design process.

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Project Rundle - Stephens Place

We chatted with Nicole on how Stephens Place inspired her design.

Describe your garment and how the Stephens Place influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Stephens Place has a strong vertical and horizontal presence in its architecture. This has been represented through the clean and strong lines of both the interior of the garment and its silhouette. The finely sewn vertical lines on the skirt are mirrored in the stovepipe sleeves and cut out back. The horizontal of the neck is repeated strongly at the waist when contrasted with the hip details.


Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
This project has had both its challenges and highlights. Being given a predetermined laneway and arcade meant that our point of inspiration was already set. This was a positive step to be given direction so clearly, but challenging when the inspiration didn’t directly suit our way of designing. I enjoyed having a partner to discuss ideas with. It was also helpful when deciding on the most appropriate way to design and construct the garment.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Da Costa Arcade

Da Costa Arcade inspired fashion students Jacqui and Georgia.

Jacqui: Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Da Costa Arcade


Jacqui: Describe your garment and Da Costa Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Da Costa Arcade has very structured architecture and a sharpness to the overall look. It also has a lot of panelling and horizontal lines. I used these key influences and incorporated the structure into my outfit by having a structured crop jacket and detailed pleated high waist skirt. I used a furnishing fabric for both these design which almost resembles the marble look of the arcade, and for my pleats I used a striped fabric, taking inspiration from the stripes on the floor and panelling on the walls. The arcade has one main bright colour, red so this was our team’s pop colour. I constructed a basic long sleeve knit top in red and for the finishing touch used iron on rhinestones to present the arcades initials – DCA.

Jacqui: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The main challenge was designing and taking in inspiration from the arcade, it took some time to evaluate the area and use it in your design. It’s always a challenge to construct something you have never made previously but that was the great thing about this task learning something new! The main highlight for me was finishing the outfit successfully without any changes to the design.


Georgia: Which laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Da Costa Arcade

Georgia: Describe your garment and how Da Costa Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Walking through Da Costa Arcade after just receiving the brief I was immediately struck by the retro geometric shapes, a bit of an 80’s time warp! These shapes followed throughout the arcade via window frames, wood panelling, and ceiling beams, in particular the pillars. The pillars especially struck me and resulted in the layered peplums of the dress and jacket. The strapless dress has a strong geometric feel achieved by the use of vertical symmetric seams, colour blocks and the sharp neckline. The jacket also uses sharp, symmetrical seams and darts with blocks of red suede to emphasise the retro geometric theme of Da Costa Arcade. The layered peplums together with the fitted jacket, bodice and slim pencil skirt exaggerate a typical 80s style and highlight the female figure.

Georgia: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The highlight for me was the brief itself, it is totally different to anything else I have done at TAFE and it was great to get a location with so much character. Having such a limited colour palette was difficult especially with somewhat limited fabric choice. There were a few issues during the patternmaking process mainly concerned with the fit of the strapless dress, however soon rectified.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - The Myer Centre

We chatted with Che' about her design for Project Rundle.

Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
The Myer Centre.



Describe your garment and how The Myer Centre influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
My outfit is a fitted dress which ends just above the knee. It contains three main colours - cream for the top, bronze for the bottom and olive green as a pop colour. The dress has quite big sleeves made out of chiffon and has a unique stepped triangle design line on the front and back. My main inspiration was the Myer Centre’s art deco architecture and the outside silhouette, especially the top of the main entrance. The olive green, cream and bronze of the Myer Centre significantly influenced my design. In addition, I tried to capture the Myer Centre’s timeless and classic style, while still appealing to modern tastes.

Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The main highlight was making a dress I am really proud of and getting a change to use something such as the Myer Centre for inspiration, which I probably wouldn’t have considered before. The challenges of this project were making the dress. Lines and angles look a lot easier and smoother on paper than they are in re-create on a dress!


Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Charles Street Plaza

Charles Street Plaza inspired Talia and Stephanie-Lee to create their cute outfits.

Stephanie-Lee: Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Charles Street Plaza.


Stephanie-Lee: Describe your garment and how Charles Street Plaza influenced the design. What was your inspiration?
My outfit consists of a fitted jacket with cut out shoulders and draped sleeve and a fitted knit dress with a hand embellished neckline. My inspiration for the embellishment came from the jewellery store located on the corner of Charles Street Plaza.

Stephanie-Lee: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
Initially the biggest challenge for me was probably interpreting the brief. It was pretty vague, so it wasn't easy to come up with an idea straight away. But then it also worked as an advantage because we could pretty much do whatever we liked! The highlight was definitely being issued with a Spotlight voucher!



Talia: Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Charles Street Plaza.

Talia: Describe your garment and how Charles Street Plaza influenced the design. What was your inspiration?
The inspiration for my design came from the textures and colours from the main brick wall in Charles Street Plaza. I wanted an earthy, causal look which would represent the relaxed feel I felt while walking through the plaza.

Talia: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The main highlight of this project was seeing the outfit finished. There were many frustrating challenges; I had to do many many toiles of the leggings to get them fitting just right.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Southern Cross Arcade

We chatted with Maximillian about his design for Project Rundle.

Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Southern Cross Arcade, which runs between James Place and King William Road and houses a really diverse food court with cuisine from Asian, European and Middle Eastern cultures.

Describe your garment and how Southern Cross Arcade influenced the design. What was your inspiration?
Picking up on the multicultural aspect of the arcade, our outfit combined elements from classical Greek and traditional Japanese clothing. This combination has a strong Edwardian feel, which was inspired by some of the architecture found in the food court.




Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
I love drawing inspiration from sources that don't have a direct connection to the fashion industry, and Project Rundle was a great opportunity to do just that. My biggest challenge was the time constraint and having to design a four-piece outfit incorporating both hand and machine embroidery.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Regent Arcade

We chatted with design duo Chloe and Lisa on how Regent Arcade inspired their design.


Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
We were given Regent Arcade.

Describe your garment and how Regent Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Our outfit was inspired by the contrasting shapes, both the structured and flowy elements we found in Regent Arcade. The flowy chiffon dress with layers of circle skirts represents the curves and circular shapes seen in the flooring patterns, the metal details above each store and adorning the chairs, and the decorative cornices along the walls edge. The structure of the cropped jacket paired with a cotton gingham lining was inspired by the checked floor tiles throughout the arcade.



Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
Working with the delicate chiffon fabric definitely proved to be the most challenging part of the project! A highlight would be being able to create a cute outfit we can wear ourselves.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Adelaide Arcade

We chatted to two talented third year fashion students Antonia and Kayla about how Adelaide Arcade inspired them to create two amazing and equally different garments for Project Rundle.

Antonia: Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
Adelaide Arcade.




Antonia: Describe your garment and how Adelaide Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
My garment is best described as a wide-legged flared full length jumpsuit. It is evening wear, and heavily influenced by the 70s trend of jumpsuits which we will soon be seeing on Australian catwalks. The main fabric I used has a significant pattern which I believe is very reminiscent of the black and white photographs of Adelaide Arcade in the late 1800s. Incorporated with this fabric is charcoal and terracotta red suede. I chose these colours as they are very prominent in the Adelaide Arcade, especially in the floor tiling and painted iron decorative cornices, chairs, and handrails. The pure vibe of the arcade and style of shops showed me that my design needed to be fashion forward, stylish and dramatic. The top half of my design is softly draped and gathered; for this I drew inspiration from the art nouveau iron fixtures. The soft gathers are contrasted with suede triangular and diamond shaped sections inspired from the eye-catching tiling used throughout the Adelaide Arcade. The buttons and rouleaux loop decoration on the back of the jumpsuit came from my research into women’s fashion from the late 19th century. Part of the design brief was to include the name of our arcade somewhere in the outfit; I decided to do this by incorporation a necklace with the letters ‘A A’ to represent Adelaide Arcade. I managed to find letters in the same font as the Adelaide Arcade sign.


Antonia: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
A highlight of Project Rundle for me was to draw inspiration from architecture rather than just fashion itself. The brief we were given was very broad, but that made it even more personal. A huge challenge was trying to make the design I had on paper come to life; many obstacles were overcome and many toiles made until finally everything came together perfectly. Seeing my drawing become a wearable piece of art was definitely the biggest highlight of this project for me.


Kayla: Which Adelaide laneway/arcade were you given for Project Rundle?
The Adelaide laneway I was given for Project Rundle was ‘Adelaide Arcade’. And may I say it was a wonderful experience to design a garment on a historical piece of Adelaide that has celebrated 125 years! Absolutely amazing!




Kayla: Describe your garment and how Adelaide Arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Every part of this arcade is unique. I was fairly taken by the tiles and symmetrical patterns they were laid, hence the design on my top and the skirt waistband. I also took influence from the Victorian period when the arcade was built by designing a layered and gathered skirt and open back on my top. The colours I have used are also inspired by the vintage look of the arcade which include rustic red (pop colour), gold and cream.

Kayla: Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The highlight of this project was definitely being able to design a garment on a historical piece of Adelaide. I enjoyed looking at the architecture and detailing, and then being able to apply that into my design. The challenge for me was probably the fabric sourcing, as there was not a whole lot available in the colour palette I was using.

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - James Place

We caught up with design duo Kate and Patricio on all things Project Rundle.

Which Adelaide laneway were you given for Project Rundle?
James Place.


Describe your garment and how the laneway/arcade influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
Our biggest inspiration was The Coffee Pot, but there were so many quirky and delicious places along James Place to choose, but this one was our favourite! We loved the colour, the stained glass and the back storey to The Coffee Pot. Our garment incorporates all our favourite things about it!




Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
Sticking to a budget and restricted fabric choices - but this was a good thing too! It was great to try and figure out how we were going to turn our whimsical sketch into a 3D physical creation, it wasn't easy, we had to be innovative but we're really happy with the outcome!

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.

Project Rundle - Renaissance Arcade

We chatted with third year fashion design student Jasmine on creating a garment inspired by Renaissance Arcade for Project Rundle.

Which Adelaide laneway were you given for Project Rundle?
My laneway was Renaissance Arcade.



Describe your garment and how the laneway influenced the design? What was your inspiration?
My garment was influenced by the hexagonal cut-outs in the ceiling of Renaissance arcade and also the lights in the middle of the cut-outs. My garment compromises a lot of structure and to formulate this appearance I added in a lot of panel lines and a cut out feature on the side of the torso. Also there are pleats to show the dimension of buildings popping out from behind each other.


Tell us about the highlights and challenges of Project Rundle.
The biggest challenge was initially I wanted to use an upholstery fabric for the pleats; however the fall wouldn't have sat right and would've pulled the garment. The rest was pretty cruisey and the highlight was having Spotlight give us a voucher to fund the fabric!

Parades will take place on Friday 25 March at 12pm, 1:30pm, 5:30pm and 7pm and on Saturday 26 March at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm at the Gawler Place canopy.