UNITED COLORS OF SPRING

OBJECT INSPIRATION

A thrift store not only brings me the material resource, but also the inspiration from objects:  how they are curated on the shelf.  I'm intrigued by old Avon bottles.  You never see the same one again.  I documented the color scheme rather than the forms, blurring the details to focus on the mixture of tones.  This is a portion of my process for LADYFITS.  A thrift store allows me to explore different color schemes + patterns.  I will eventually translate these into dress. 

DRESS PATTERN

This is my LADYFIT for the day.  I layered + draped these textile elements to my dress.  This is an act I've been doing all week_drape textiles + objects into forms of dress.  It's my way of saying goodbye to my winter black velvet dresses and an intro into the spring season.  It's also a creative exercise to compose my wear with thoughts being funneled into a certain time frame to complete. 

I ARMOR myself for the day, allowing it to only be for that time.  Tomorrow, it's on to something else.  This LADYFIT action is genuine to how I feel in the moment of dressing_the daily ritual to compose my expression by explaining things through dress.  For this day, it is to futher explore my folk dress. 

CURATING OBJECTS

I tend to curate objects in my collection to the ideas going on in my head from color schemes to textures to definitions.  

It's a warm-up to studio work.

LADYFITS_COLOR SCHEME LOVE AFFAIR

LADYFITS dress + environment = new color scheme to admire

Sometimes my color scheme thoughts begin with the objects in my environment