Lookbooks
S/S 2021
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Shot & Styled by: Marie-Elaine Gagne Featuring: Lizane & Valeria Makeup: Miles Petrella
Swimming and Loom Weaving
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Fashion works created at the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia summer residency program from June-August 2019.  Integral to these garments' construction is the consideration that they are far more than just coverage and adornment. Building cloth from cones of thread is a labour of perseverance and meditation, with time to reflect on human's relationship to the much faster, mechanized methods of clothing production. Building a garment in this very slow way challenges the often forgotten disposable elements of our current material economy, and explores the intricacies of cloth's very construction. Many thanks to the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia for...
Ruby's Shell
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A conceptual mini collection of two looks, four garments, modeled by Rosa & Sarah. In Halifax, Nova Scotia. Photos shot by me in spring 2019.
Hearts through the Ages
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A collection of images spanning from 2011-present, Hearts have been a major concept behind my work in fashion & textiles, illustrating the way that what we wear relates to our physical bodies. Not only are they a way to use up curious scraps too small for garments, they also serve as both a sculptural and creative practice. Photography credit in this post goes to: Jeremy Addington, Seamus Gallagher, Thomas Nowaczynski, Gabrielle Gallant, and thanks to the V.A.V. Gallery (Montreal QC), Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson BC), and the Anna Leonowes Gallery (Halifax, NS), and to Sarah Graeme and Undine Foulds as...