ACCUMULATION
This ruffled paper dress was made as an exploration of sculpting the body through the use of unconventional materials (paper), and the repetitive use of organic shapes. This continually growing, abstract wearable sculpture blurs the lines between fine art and fashion design by making the wearer both runway-ready and gallery-appropriate. The body of the wearer is adapted and changed throughout the growth of this garment; the body transforms from merely a dress form to a completely encompassed entity upon which the sculpture is activated. In wearing the garment, it completely interferes with the wearer’s means of existence. It forces the individual within to take up space wherever they may reside. This sculpture displaces the wearer from being able to move through the world in normative manners and rather creates a spectacle that is unable to be ignored and creates discomfort for both those in proximity, and the individual within its paper walls.
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