When Caitleen Moloney's outfits hit the stage it's as if a new species has invaded the runway.
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Similar to the bizarre and often unwearable European couture collections, Ms Moloney's latest pieces are definitely out of the ordinary.
But the recent CIT fashion graduate has no desire to make clothes for luxury brands.
She wants her work to feature on theatre stages and movie screens.
''It's really futuristic, isn't it,'' Ms Moloney says of the clothes she made for her graduating project.
''It's like someone from another planet is walking down the runway.''
Ms Moloney isn't interested in making promotional collections and day wear.
She's more interested in costume design, working with unusual materials and technology to create, what she calls, ''fashion technology''.
There are few designers creating clothes which incorporate lighting into their designs.
The five pieces Ms Moloney made for her final year project at CIT, where she studied for a bachelor of design in fashion, featured light-emitting diodes sewn into pockets.
''It took a lot of research into electronics,'' Ms Moloney said.
''I had to look at how you connect electronic circuits and their different components.
''It's completely different from what I was studying - we don't have those specialties at CIT.''
To create the brightly coloured masterpiece seen here, Ms Moloney sewed 15 light emitting diodes with conductive thread to either side of her garment, made from felt and neoprene.
A small battery, sewn into the dress, gives the lights power.
''My brief was based around commenting on modern technology and society,'' Ms Moloney said.
''The concept is how technology is becoming one with the body. It's very different - it gives a real feel of an android body.''
While Ms Moloney said it was unfortunate she had to be backstage when the models revealed her works at the CIT graduation show last Thursday, she was pleased with their feedback.
''They told me when they came back that it was fantastic to walk down the runway and hear people saying, 'Oh wow','' she said. ''It's something so unusual and different to see on the catwalk.''
Ms Moloney has been in contact with a local Canberra artist with a ''futuristic look'' to discuss the possibility making similar garments for her while she plays at gigs.