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Alabama Chanin

Dress

Maker

Alabama Chanin (American, 2006-present), design label
Natalie Chanin (American, b. 1961), designer
Catherine Rutherford (American), embroiderer
Caroline Givens (American), embroiderer

Title

Dress

Year

Fall 2007

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton, jersey

Dimensions

Length: 102.9 cm (40 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2008.44

Type

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures
Oct 05, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019

Label copy

In The Herdsman Coat, sisters Faye and Erica Toogood reflect on their rural English upbringing and recognize all the people who worked on the coat by embroidering their initials alongside text calling for reform in the fashion industry. Similarly, in her label Alabama Chanin, Natalie Chanin pays tribute to the now-defunct industrial-knitting history of Flrence, Alabama, by employing a multi-generational group of stitchers to produce organic cotton garments in the spirit of a traditional quilting bee. [See also 2018.39].

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Tombstone

Alabama Chanin (American, 2006-present), design label
Natalie Chanin (American, b. 1961), designer
Catherine Rutherford (American), embroiderer
Caroline Givens (American), embroiderer
Dress, Fall 2007
Organic cotton jersey knit with hand-sewn cotton appliqué and embroidery
Length: 102.9 cm (40 1/2 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2008.44

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