FASHION RE-STATEMENTS

WINTER DRESS MADE FROM AN OLD FUR COAT FOUND IN ITALY.(INDIAN RESERVATION,CANADA. AT THE BACKGROUND LAKE OVERGROWN WITH WILD RICE,TRADITIONAL INDIAN FOOD)

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SLEEVES OF AN OLD FUR COAT TURN INTO LEGGINGS ETHNIC MOTIFS IN AN EVERYDAY DRESS (UKRAINIAN DISTRICT IN TORONTO,CANADA)
EMBROIDERED STAINS OF AN OLD TOP(PHOTOGRAPH IN THE MIDDLE)

I BOUGHT A PAIR OF OLD SHIRTS IN NEW YORK 20 YEARS AGO.

IT HAD SOME STAINS ON IT WHICH I EMBROIDERED WITH AN ABSTRACT DESIGN. THEN I HAVE TURNED IT INTO A SKIRT WHICH CAN BE WORN ALSO AS A TOP.

SINCE I USED IT OFTEN FOR WORK IT WOULD GET STAINED FREQUENTLY.

EACH TIME IT WOULD HAPPEN, I EMBROIDERED NEW STAINES,CREATING A RICHER DESIGN. AT THE END I HOPE THAT THE INITIAL MATERIAL HAS DISAPPEARED UNDER A COMPLEX COLLLAGE OF EMBROIDERY, TURNING DAMAGE TO A DRESS INTO A SUGGESTION OF HOW TO EMBELLISH IT.

 MITTENS FOUND ON THE PLAYGROUND ARE TURNED INTO EASILY MOVABLE POCKETS.        

WHEN HUNG ON THE WALL, PIECES OF MY FURCOAT SEEM TO BE AN ARTWORK OF BURRI

ALL-LABELS SKIRT

PEOPLE COME TO ROME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BUY DESIGNER-SIGNED CLOTHING. I COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF LABELS FROM DESINGER'S CLOTHING, AND UNITED THEM IN ONE SKIRT.

 

A GOWN MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF EMBROIDERIES, WHICH CAN BE WORN AS A SKIRT OR A DRESS.

 

A BLOUSE MADE FROM SEPARATE REMNANTS OF DISCARDED LACES.