It’s been a minute , in a year that is excessively feeling like a whirlwind of exceedingly bad
news all round.
We’ve tried to steer clear of watching the news channels but this is hardly realistic (the curious mind persists)
We've been amazed at the effects this has had on us and have been waking up doing our daily’s with a heavy hearts and an unshakable weight on our shoulders. Even with latent positive, exciting journeys abound.
How people dress/style/ fashion/clothing, has always been acutely influenced by lifestyle cycles and we are currently living in what I will call the Shein-ing of everything. Our insatiable want for convenience at any cost has brought us to this. Fast, replaceable, easy to attain, unmemorable …things.
A hollowing out. Rendering everything flat.
Needless to say the creative compass has been scattered. So we have gone back to our grounding, making, crafting, learning, keeping our hands busy trying to lessen the load of the over burdened mind.
Opposing this flattening, has lured us into thinking about layers and dimension, but always in our wearable, easy elegance.
We started collecting a handful of images of woman,particularly examples of daily “dress” of 19th & early 20th century African women. The layered, folded & tucked shapes, creating dimension yet practical & easy.
So we’re dressing in layers going in to spring & summer.
We are excited to see & feel how this idea & influence unfolds.
We still believe that handmade things are an experience.
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