NOMAD

I felt like a nomad around my thoughts, ideas and thrift materials.  This floated into my LADYFIT for the day.  In my mind, I created a composition based around the feeling of a thrift nomad in search of materials, inspiration, and connecting all of these thoughts into something to explain/define.  This could potentially be part of the next issue of LADYFITS, bringing together Spring Identity with Nomadism.  

NO BOUNDARIES THRIFT

Another day of recovered LADYFITS, curating looks from last Spring/Summer.  This particular look was from a series of styling evolutions, taking one garment through a journey of LADYFITS (white dress shown above).  It shows a never ending process to a look.  In my mind a look is never completely finished.  It's always morphing into something from the objects + materials surrounding me.

Similar to yesterday's post, I purchased this white dress with the same reasoning: blank canvas.  This garment had no detailing, it was simple.  I was drawn to the freedom attached to this thrifted piece.  It's not a defined material or have boundaries of dress.  Someone could have easily walked passed this white dress.   On a different day, I would have.  That's the allure of thrifting: emotion playing into the way we hunt + gather.  The emotion I felt during this thrift period was hunting pieces with no boundaries, blank canvas. 

The background of this image is a pre-look into a series I'm doing on embroidery with objects.  In this example, I'm embroidering with Goodwill tags.  Those in the Cedar Rapids + Marion area know these well.  They are charming tags with a great color scheme.  Why not use them as a resource for my work?  

HUNTING LADYFIT

FINDS: WORN/TORN

LADYFIT THRIFT HUNTER ON LOCATION 

HUNTER + THRIFT GATHERER

It's a new week and another round of hunting + gathering content for LADYFITS.  Follow the HUNT with me on twitter @LADYFITS

Tomorrow, I will post the gathered objects 

tata!

LADYFIT

This is part II for yesterday's LADYFIT.  I often switch things up from AM to PM, depending on my mood + thoughts.  This switch-up is a typical LADYFIT___elements of my folk dress.  The structure to the top layer (black) interests me the most, its grid formation.  I've already started to work on this layer.  Sometimes it takes a good day of wear to realize the garments movements + to build on ideas.     

HUNTER+THRIFT GATHERER

Here's the hunting list for today's thrifting experience.  It's composed of materials I need for events in April + continuing my folk dress exploration.    

Hunt + Gather with LADYFITS

HUNTER+THRIFT GATHERER

I'm beginning something new for LADYFITS, allowing you to follow me as I hunt + gather in local thrift stores.  Above is the hunting list for today's thrifting experience.  It's composed of materials for the next LADYFITS issue (no.5) on the finale series to ARMOR.   

Thrift with me: @ladyfits  

HUNTER+THRIFT GATHERER

My hunting_materials list is made up of words to define through objects in thrift stores.  I create a list before heading out on the thrift hunt.  These words typically relate back to content for the LADYFITS issues.  My list is rarely defined into_dresses_tops_polka dots_belts.  It's loose in defining exactly what I'm looking for_opens the experience to allow the random objects to happen.  I rely on the aesthetic + information I've gathered leading up to this time.  We collect a lot over time from material objects_dress styles_images_quotes_opinions.  This is all gathered together to make the thrift hunt.  

This is the beginning of many hunting + gathering posts, showing my process to explain things through dress.  This portion of the process is important because it's the main content for defining things.  The best part is finding an object I can't define its original definition of use or purpose_the definition then becomes ADORNMENTS_OBJECT WEARS.

The next stage for this object is to resource the pieces + begin design work.  At times it is hard to narrow the path of design for the object_unlimited answers with a limited resource_no backups_no waste.  When you think of the object as being the only one (no waste), your work can only be better through this tension in design......even if there are a lot of veggie steamers in this world (as shown above).

More to come in the process of this object as I begin to break down the pieces + sketch ideas.