Production and labels

9/12/2014

It's Friday night. The embroidery machine is stitching away on the dress for the 30-40 year old woman.

All four jackets are sewn and embroidered (unless I re-make the 50 & up jacket.) All four dresses are sewn, 2 1/2 are embroidered. One petticoat is complete and 2 pairs of leggings are sewn. I embroidered labels for the garments today. Some are sewn in. Many will be sewn in after the indigo bath and the lining is done. I got out the petticoat material, planning to begin stitching and found myself to be totally confused. So, I cut out another pair of leggings. Tomorrow is soon enough to tackle the petticoat!

I think I might be ready for indigo by the end of next week....when hopefully it will be warmer.

Time for a book and a glass of wine, I think. Or maybe another episode of The Sopranos? I'm late to the game on that one. I have just started season 2. Better late than never.

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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.

Production and labels

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