Fan
A skirt that opens in pleated blades, like a fan held half open.
Ten looks
The looks
Ten garments, each named for the shape it makes. Sculpture you can wear, made by hand.
- Looks
- Ten
- Viewing
- Private
- Made
- By hand
- Shown
- In person
Garments as form
Couture at this level starts with a shape, not a sketch of a dress. Each look here is named for the form it makes in the room: a fan, a coil, a tide.
All garments pictured are the work of their designers and are shown for reference. A private viewing is the only way to see this kind of work up close.
Ribs
Curved ribs in black and white, built up one by one into a cage that moves.
Coil
Coiled tubes set close, so the dress reads as one dark spiral surface.
Bubble
Rounded forms clustered like foam, light enough to tremble when the wearer walks.
Loop
Looping folds over a pleated skirt: softness held in place by structure.
Column
A white column, carved rather than draped.
Shell
Wide sculpted hips that hold their shape like a shell.
Tide
A train that seems to pour, frozen mid-flow.
Lattice
An open lattice: more air than cloth.
Scale
Layered pale scales, each set by hand.