Deface Makes Violence Pretty!

Here are some prototypes from my new collection. Im using all natural fabrics so they can be biodegradable. My research for my masters thesis is in sustainability, which my professor thinks is a big joke. She only looks at my work for 'visual impact', and doesn't care at all how its made.

I have so many complaints about my school, but there are also great instructors, people and facilities that are incredible! I'm so eternally grateful that the government is paying my tuition. What a ride!

So in these photos you can see me using the leaves of the Japanese Biwa tree for dyeing and and GIANT, forty year old army parachute I bought from the base in Okinawa. The plant matter gives my fabric a soft, worn quality and with the parachute ( a symbol of attack, army, violence, for me ) I am making very feminine, voluminous, flowing garments that at first glance don't look like they were a parachute at all. But they smell like they have been locked in a chest for forty years ( haha)