Archaeological Cloth Sculptures

The dresses were created out of old clothes I found in my family’s wardrobe 
in Shanghai. Pyjamas, dresses, bedclothes, caps – every single piece is a mosaic of family history and reveals the 70s, 80s and 90s in China, a time of huge social transformation and style mixes.

Fashion project 2008
Hand-sewn cloth collages
Photography: Yuan, Yong Xing

* exhibited at “CHINA GO –contemporary Chinese fashion design” 2009, in the Boutique Gegenalltag – Museumsquartier, Vienna

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