Sunday 12 August 2012

Sentimental Garment-Keeping




Her hair is cut by a woman brought in four times a year and who speaks fluent Russian. Sage requests a tutor to educate her in the language so she may converse more with her hair dresses, as she like the dark sound of the language.
A seamstress is brought every season, to take measurements and draw sketches, the clothes shipped to them two weeks later. Every few months Sage finds her wardrobe near to bursting. For those few garments she treasure from trips elsewhere, costumes from the Parisian ballet, gowns from boutiques in New York, a tailor is called to add a second skirt and length to the hem, or re-stitch the waist or add more sleeve. The outfits are kept just a year longer. 

Text by Lucie MacAulay

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