Leggings that speak

8/13/2014

I designed and ordered fabric from Spoonflower. I sewed 2 pair of leggings up today that speak: the language of the people who responded to the survey last spring. They will, of course, be dyed in the indigo vat. And there will, ultimately, be 4 pairs.

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WEARING MY AGE

I have received a grant from the Jerome Foundation to work on a project that I have called "Wearing My Age."

The premises that I am working with are that our clothes communicate and they communicate somewhat differently depending on age and gender. You might think of it as "fashion as self-publishing."

The key area I am curious about surrounds the uniforms that women wear in the work place. Indeed, I will be making a uniform body of work, comprised of near identical 3 piece work outfits comprised of: a jacket, a dress, a petticoat.

Each piece represents of body of language/meaning which I will make manifest with digitized machine embroidery typography and design.

The Jacket represents the public self: what you are trying to say, how you wish to be identified, how you want to feel in the market place.

The Dress represents a more personal statement: this is closer to the real me, Within the constraints of the market place I can be creative here, This is the part of me I am generally willing to reveal

The Petticoat represents the secret self: Here lies the true language of self, these are the secrets I do not share, This is what I really think about myself, This is how I feel deep down.

Leggings that speak

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