RE.STANCE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: RECLAIMED VESSELS Saturday, October 10, 2026 | ESC Montréal What happens when a garment reaches the end of its life? Re.Stance: Reclaimed Vessels is an immersive exhibition, fashion experience, and cultural gathering exploring the journey from garment → breakdown → transformation. Bringing together fashion designers, textile artists, material practitioners, and multidisciplinary creatives, Reclaimed Vessels transforms discarded, reclaimed, repurposed, and unconventional materials into fashion, wearable art, sculpture, installation, and performance. Across the day and into the night, audiences are invited to experience fashion and contemporary art through material experimentation, storytelling, movement, and immersive visual experiences. THE DAY 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Explore the Reclaimed Vessels exhibition, featuring works created through reclaimed, repurposed, and experimental materials. The daytime program includes: * Full access to the immersive exhibition * Artist talks and conversations * Interactive workshops * Marketplace featuring independent designers, artists and makers * Immersive installations and visual experiences Engage directly with the artists and makers behind the work and explore the ideas of material memory, sustainability, identity, cultural knowledge, repair, and transformation. THE FASHION SHOW 8:00 PM — Evening Doors 9:00 PM — Re.Stance Fashion Showcase As night falls, the exhibition transforms into an immersive fashion experience. The Re.Stance Fashion Showcase brings together 40+ looks created by participating designers and artists, transforming reclaimed, repurposed, discarded, and unconventional materials into experimental fashion and wearable art. Expect sculptural garments, textiles, movement, projection, lighting, sound, and visual installations. This isn’t just a fashion show. It’s a material transformation happening in real time. THE AFTERPARTY 10:30 PM – 3:00 AM The experience continues late into the night with the official Re.Stance Afterparty, presented in collaboration with Labia Cinematica. Expect music, performance, dancing, and late-night programming as Reclaimed Vessels transforms from exhibition and runway into an after-dark cultural experience. ALL-INCLUSIVE TICKET Your All-Inclusive Ticket gives you access to the complete Re.Stance experience: Exhibition → Artist Talks → Workshops → Marketplace → Fashion Showcase → Afterparty Your ticket includes access to both the daytime and evening programming, culminating in the fashion showcase and afterparty until 3:00 AM. Come for the art. Stay for the fashion. Stay for the afterparty. Reclaim. Reimagine. Rewear.