This collection is inspired by the Pattern and Decoration art movement, which emerged in the ’70s as a response to the dominance of Minimalism and Conceptual Art. The P&D artists challenged the hierarchy between fine art and decorative or domestic practices, particularly those associated with women and craft traditions. As in the original art movement, the current collection centres the use of repetition, surface, ornament, and textile processes to open broader discussions about gender, cultural identity, appropriation, and the politics of the decorative.

The collection features digital prints created by combining collage, carved block printing, and digital painting. Embroidery featuring zip ties and hand-stitched cords adds to the decorative excess. The hand-painted elements protest the commercialization of fashion and the loss of care and craft in garment making. Most silhouettes are gender- and size-inclusive, incorporating hand stitching and draping as extensions of the P&D movement’s interest in craft and gender equality. Reinterpreted through the current collection, these principles continue to resonate within the political and economic conditions of neoliberal late-stage capitalism.

Photography @renatajphoto
Models: Andrea @andreapwang Noah @tricrucian @elitetoronto
Art direction @stephensevern
Mua @judithparrishto