WE, THE GARMENT PRACTITIONERS

Abstract

I am a garment practitioner, and so are you. Wearing clothes, washing clothes, folding, touching, feeling, sensing, looking - Continuously engaging with materials in relation to our own bodies. We gather experiences, histories, memories and tacit knowledge that we carry in our bodies as we open up our wardrobe another day. We are forming connections, both on a physical and emotional plane.

What is a fashion practice that centers itself around these connections? Can our tacit experiences of material relationships be translated into the act of continuous stitching? This project is an ongoing investigation into what it means to be a practitioner within the field of fashion. Translating experiences of private everyday garment-practicing, into questions and expressions for public audiences and spaces.