Cutting Edge: Exploring the Fabric of Science and Artisanal Design

Cutting Edge, an inaugural event by Fashion Queensland in July 2024, featured a very special gala dinner and showcase of cutting edge fashion by five extraordinary Brisbane and Queensland designers. 

Designers George Wu, Kiara and Bianca Bulley (Bulley Bulley), Briana Enoch (Jarawee), Joshua Djordjewitsch (Djordjewitsch) and Joash Teo (Joteo) each presented a one-off custom design inspired by art and science. 

In partnership with the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, our designers visited researchers to inspire their creations, which our audience enjoyed over a two course dinner, panel discussion and conversation with designers and researchers alike - a meeting of minds between leading creatives in their respective fields.

Cutting Edge was the culmination of months of work, years of research, and is a celebration of emergent discoveries and artisanal craft. 

Briana Enoch [Jarawee] brought her country and culture to the project and was inspired by plant medicine research.

Joshua Djordjewitsch was inspired by the King Lab and how spider venom can take a life but also save a life.

Joash Teo created a design inspired by the King Lab’s work on funnel web spider venom.

George Wu captured the magic of the view under the microscope, with embroidery mimicing cells and their flow.

Kiara and Bianca Bulley were inspired by the beauty of bacteria growing on agar plates and the Soils for Science project by Dr Zeinab Khalil.

View our Cutting Edge documentary series on Youtube.