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clothing
our appetite
I feel the most alive when I am creating.
The merging of aesthetic and function in fashion,
keeps drawing me back to it as a core medium.
The merging of aesthetic and function in fashion,
keeps drawing me back to it as a core medium.
But a part of me, a b i g part,
wants to run away from the fashion industry,
from any creation that extracts
so much from our world.
wants to run away from the fashion industry,
from any creation that extracts
so much from our world.
Fashion serves and condones
that which I actively reject:
constant consumption and disposal,
myopically deriving value from image and optics,
weaponising accessibility for exclusion and exclusivity.
It is easier to do good work
in almost any other industry.
that which I actively reject:
constant consumption and disposal,
myopically deriving value from image and optics,
weaponising accessibility for exclusion and exclusivity.
It is easier to do good work
in almost any other industry.
But I am convicted,
that fertile ground always emerges
in the conflict,
in the duality.
that fertile ground always emerges
in the conflict,
in the duality.
This series is an e x e r c i s e ,
in working with natural materials:
that degrade, decay, evolve over time,
that have a shelf life (like our satisfaction),
that decide how long they want to be alive for.
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This is my attempt
to navigate the tumultuous reverence I have
for fashion and creation.
to navigate the tumultuous reverence I have
for fashion and creation.
This is my attempt,
to explore the ways in which I can create and
care for our natural world.
In retrospect, it was a cursory attempt.
to explore the ways in which I can create and
care for our natural world.
In retrospect, it was a cursory attempt.
