The History of Draping

Anne Hollander gives examples of draping in Rome and 17th century Holland. The draping patterns in ancient Rome were the main source of style.

Crime and punishment...

John Hurt in the British tv adaptation of "Crime and Punishment". I love these British productions from the 70's and 80's, almost always shot on Betacam they have a particular aesthetic.

slashing

Slashing was a 16th century fad inspired by the clothes of soldiers. Here is an hoody style that was inspired by slashing. I had a lot of the dark red and light red fabric so I used the light red for the pocket linings...

applique

I was thinking of ways to expand the function of the t-shirt and was playing with the idea of peeling layers. I tried monochromes and a few experiments with colors - based mainly on the fabric I had at hand.

Finding a name...

There has been a lot of going back and forth about a name for this line. More on the details of that in a future post. But for now, the line is called "The Mind/Body Problem". This name has gotten a serious thumbs down from just about everyone but it is a logic behind it. Somehow when my co-worker Matt Drazin showed me this Bast poster, it all made sense. Most likely the line name will changing every season along with its inspirations.