ONE year ago a team of Whanganui fibre artists accepted a challenge to design and create a medieval garment for day or night.
"We had to make it wearable," says team member Janice Hird. "The challenge is not about creating a Xena: Warrior Princess or Game of Thrones type of costume."
The Whanganui Spinners and Weavers team signed up for the group runway challenge at the Auckland Creative Fibre Festival in April last year and their completed costume will be judged at this year's festival in Christchurch next weekend.
The challenge is based on the Project Runway TV series combined with concepts of the Slow Fashion movement.
Slow Fashion is a worldwide movement aiming to reduce environmental damage with the manufacture of garments that are made to last.