NICE ASS-DRESS
Living in a town where it is very common to be catcalled, I chose the theme activism, [out of the the themes we had to pick from during WAH-corona times] to address this. Being catcalled makes me feel naked, uncomfortable, and unsafe. I want to take back control over feeling like this when a stranger in the streets decides to catcall me.
Mies Boissevain took back control over the pain she was left with after losing her family in the war. She started making skirts from the victory flags, and many women followed her idea. This made them able to deal with the pain while making it and feel united while wearing it. Now known as the bevrijdingsrokken. Betsy Greer found a way to sound her voice through her knitworks and protest in a colorful and happy way. Learning how Boissevain used sewing as a medium to make her feel in control and unite people and Greer used knitting to protest, I started my project The Nice Ass-Dress.
The Nice Ass-Dress, is a wearable piece consisting of a continuous line of words that are used as catcalls. The words are made out of fabric in a connected swirly font that brings back the innocence and fun in the vulgar sentences. You can wrap this piece around, making it a dress, and the catcalls will cover up your body instead of them making you feel naked. This gives back control over the body. By saying the words first, there is no need to say them anymore, and therefore I will give you back control over the words. So that maybe when you wear my wearable piece on the streets, you will feel in control and protected from people catcalling at you.
Mies Boissevain took back control over the pain she was left with after losing her family in the war. She started making skirts from the victory flags, and many women followed her idea. This made them able to deal with the pain while making it and feel united while wearing it. Now known as the bevrijdingsrokken. Betsy Greer found a way to sound her voice through her knitworks and protest in a colorful and happy way. Learning how Boissevain used sewing as a medium to make her feel in control and unite people and Greer used knitting to protest, I started my project The Nice Ass-Dress.
The Nice Ass-Dress, is a wearable piece consisting of a continuous line of words that are used as catcalls. The words are made out of fabric in a connected swirly font that brings back the innocence and fun in the vulgar sentences. You can wrap this piece around, making it a dress, and the catcalls will cover up your body instead of them making you feel naked. This gives back control over the body. By saying the words first, there is no need to say them anymore, and therefore I will give you back control over the words. So that maybe when you wear my wearable piece on the streets, you will feel in control and protected from people catcalling at you.
2019
