Student project
Absent body, abject garment
- Designer
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Sally Bjerre Gaarde
- Education
- Bachelor
- Subject area
- Fashion Design
- Year
- 2022
Background
A body is three-dimensional, and clothing is designed to accommodate the body. Without a body, the garment is flat. Almost – for clothing holds a three-dimensional potential.
Absent body, abject garment
But we rarely see that when the clothes are lying on the floor, are folded over a chair or are hanging out to dry. This project investigates the flatness and the roominess of clothing. Is discarded clothing like dead skin; abject, neither subject nor object? Does clothing without a body have a sculptural and a textile value, perhaps as a relief or an object? And can one flatten the hierarchy of the materials and look at clothing with fresh eyes?
