i am dead set against commodity fetishism, against labor dissimulation. i design and make everything in los angeles. the yarn is mostly yarn remainders, what’s left over from large fashion firms’ yarn orders from various mills
essentially this is all an art project considering labor value, fantasy (via magic: the gathering, shakespeare, dolly parton, pokémon {“johto to jericho”}), grief, gender & silhouette, & religious discourses of virtue and sin. it examines the fact that dress is immemorial and at the heart of social life, exploitation, and sensuality
questions about fit, or anything else, please ask, through email or instagram. if you are outside of the united states, please message me to arrange shipping. everything i sell counts as a ‘sample’—ie i’ve worn it, maybe one or two others will have worn it for a photoshoot or something. if anything is less than ‘like new,’ i will note.
everything is one-of-a-kind. i am selling these as artworks, which incidentally may be worn
some of my influences are satoshi tajiri, emily dickinson, george herriman, ishmael reed, george platt lynes, dolly parton, issey miyake, derek jarman, richard garfield, george michael, john woolman, emmylou harris, nina simone, mark aguhar, brandon flowers, john mandeville, joan armatrading, jack kirby, mary austin, jean paul gaultier, mark rothko, joseph roth, joyce pensato, alexander mcqueen, frank bidart, azealia banks, walid raad, ann demeulemeester, shigeru mizuki, michael clark, thomas pynchon, patricia spears jones, edmund white, patrick kelly, setsuko hara, cyril collard, john donne, ana castillo, aristotle, exuma, roberto matta, elizabeth louise vigee le brun, lana del rey, jeffrey gibson, michael kirwan, bronzino, satyajit ray, stevie nicks, edward gibbon, buffy sainte marie, silvio rodriguez, sufjan stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .