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Rebecca Earley, design label

Lace Blouse (Top 100 Recycled Shirts Project), 2008

Description

Maker

  • Rebecca Earley, b. 1970, English, artist and designer
  • Rebecca Earley, 1995, design label

Title

Lace Blouse (Top 100 Recycled Shirts Project)

Year

2008

Medium

Heat-photogram-printed polyester plain weave with machine lace trim

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polyester

Techniques

  • machine made lace,
  • machine lace

Dimensions

68.6 cm (27 inches) (center back length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2008.47.2

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 11

Repair
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Patches covering holes in the Ghanaian fugu proclaim the value of the indigo-dyed cotton and the pride taken in its hand weaving. Numerous repairs to the industrial-denim Swiss worker’s pants impart a layer of personal history and care to an otherwise anonymous uniform. According to shoemaker Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé, who wore the G-Star RAW jeans over the course of 15 years, they were witness to the making of many shoes: “They got mended with about four different jeans. I also practiced some of my sashiko stitching in the early stage.” Upcycling mixed with technological experimentation defines the B.Earley Top 100 shirt, one in a series of deadstock polyester blouses designer Becky Earley heat-photogram exhaust-printed using vintage lace garments as stencils. [See also 2013.17, 2018.43, 2017.5.2].

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