The Decomposing Couture

We Are Fond

Of Permanence In Our Investments, We Want The Coat That Lasts Twenty Years, The Stitch That Never Gives, It Is A Very Understandable Wish To Be Outlived By One's Wardrobe. The Decomposing Couture proposes the opposite arrangement, woven from raw starch fiber, untreated silk, and bio linen, the garment is designed to soften, thin, and finally yield within three hundred and sixty-five wears, a small tear appears at the elbow around month three, the hem begins to fray by winter, the wearer is invited to do what one does in any long relationship to mend, to sew the wound closed with silver wire, to call it couture, to call it survival, then to rip one seam on purpose, so hope has somewhere to enter. The garment shows, with exquisite grace, how to let something go while still holding it beautifully.