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Production  and labels

9/12/2014

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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.

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