Fashion Envelope
no. 3
Fashion Envelope No. 3 is an exploration of zero-waste in pattern-making and textile design.
The development of this reversible body wrap was informed by a surface design of interlocking rectangles which also serve as pattern pieces, allowing for every inch of four yards of fabric to be used. The intricate surface design also incorporates a set of symbols inspired by the artist’s mother — butterflies, peony buds, and fish.
The garment is accompanied by three digitally printed canvases that highlight major segments of the garment.
Art as Fashion/Fashion as Art
Group Show
South Coast Surface Design
New Bedford MA
DOUBLE IMPACT
Each year, students enrolled in the MFA’s Studio Art Classes Program and the Nagoya Summer Art Program collaborate in an art making project and a combined exhibition based on a common theme.
Students were asked to think about what “double impact” might mean as it relates to the art work in the exhibition – and ultimately – what the double impact message would the student like to portray in his or her kimono design, for example – east / west, good / evil, old fashion / future fashion, etc.
Guest Artist and Instructor, Jay Calderin, worked with both classes to complete this Kimono project.
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Quarter Century Kimono
The Quarter Century Kimono was handmade by Jay Calderin to commemorate Boston Fashion Week's 25th year. The symbolism behind the use of the silver paillette textile speaks to this momentous milestone as well as the thousands of individuals who have been integral to building the local fashion community over the years and those who continue to help define Boston fashion.
Mandarin Oriental Boston, Boston
FASHION TALES
Tweens and teens explore fashion and reading through drawing comics and superheroes, designing fashion and textiles, writing fairytales and poetry, and creating collages and zines.
School of Fashion Design, Boston
Boston Public Library: Copley, North End, Honan-Allston
Peabody Essex Museum
Nantucket Atheneum
Brigham & Womans Hospital
Featured in the Boston Globe
THE “T” GOWN
The “T” Gown is a concept garment project created at the School of Fashion Design for display in the Map Room Tea Lounge. The silhouette, textures and color scheme have been inspired by many aesthetic interpretations of “tea” and the letter “T.”
The tea-length gown featuring a T-shaped bust dart is made of muslin, panels and bands of embroidered cotton, and gold tulle.
The 111 “tea flowers” that cover the gown are made of 555 paper teabags, hand-filled with shredded tea-colored paper and gold mylar, and decorated with metallic brocade and rhinestones.
Boston Public Library
SKETCH WINDOW
Sketch Window featuring the illustrations found in What They Didn't Teach You in Fashion School.
School of Fashion Design, Boston
CODING KERCHIEF
Teens employed Sashiko embroidery using various types of code (Morse, Braille, Binary) to build messages and meaning into wearables.
Black bandanas served as the canvas for these frameable/wearable works of art.
Teen Arts Council
Gendering Bending Fashion Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston