You are so much sunshine to the square inch.- Walt Whitman
Spring is here again and my mind turns to thoughts of new art growing around the city.
There are many fashion related events going on in Indianapolis right now including the "Breaking the Mode" exhibit at the IMA (open till end of June) which is quite remarkable. I'm kind of a slob myself, dressing in whatever is cleanest and least ragged from my dresser drawers, but I have to say I'm moved by the amount of thought and effort which fashion artists put into the creation of these fantastical pieces of clothing.
My favorite piece (by Issye Miyake) was a series of photos of this long woollen roll of red fabric which the designer shows twenty or thirty items drawn then step by step being snipped and sewn from the single roll. A final image shows an invisible mannequin wearing all of the red socks, scarves, shirt, skirt, gloves, etc. An amazing transformation.
Many of the pieces in the overall exhibit seem to distort or alter the human from so much, they make the person wearing them seem like a new kind of creature. Maybe that is the point. Maybe we should all be lucky enough to rethink who and what we are every once in a while, and these 'fashionistas' are simply giving us the invitation. Like costumes for our daily lives, only better.
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