Todd Oldham

This dress is from a series based on a taxi driver’s turban that was coming undone. It is as though you are wrapped in one ribbon and tied at the bust. The patterns are a hybrid of ancient Japanese embroidery patterns and preppy hair ribbons. The thread is silk and cotton. Many of the pearls and beads nestled in the thread work are hundreds of years old, as my embroideries were made at a 400-year-old Indian wedding-sari company that kept a supply of antique materials. This dress is 100% covered in thread work, very expensive and very time-consuming work not often done today.

Todd Oldham