The Dressmaker's Manifesto
Photo by Matt FredrickCan you tell I've been reading Marx?
Textiles can tell stories. These stories may be those of the folks constructing garments or manifestations of the images and narratives we heard growing up. We try to tell both stories when we assemble a garment, and we want to tell them in such a way that fuses a mindfulness about where the clothes on our backs come from and an openness to the possibility of making clothing that engages the wearer and whomever she is around. Uneven stitches and asymmetrical seams remind us that human hands make clothing, no matter where you purchase it. We want to undo the processes by which labor becomes erased from the finished product and illuminate the constructed-ness of garments and their histories. Our rescued and recycled materials each bring with them tiny stories of prom nights and first kisses, weddings and funerals. We want to honor those stories as we compose our own. Fashion, we would argue, can be mindful and environmentally kind without undermining the pleasure we find in the wearing of beautiful things.
posted by tawny&julie @ 6:55 PM
1 Comments:
your words are as beautifully crafted as your clothes. keep creating!
a new fan,
erin
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