Take
Off Your Clothes is an invitation to free your personal
style.
It is a clothing and accessories
line that reconfigures discarded and basic materials into new forms of
fashion. Our goal is to create pieces that are raw: radical, accessible,
and wearable. We take off our clothes to remove them from the context of how we
should dress and begin to explore the inspiration and abilities of the
garment itself.
ABOUT TAKE OFF YOUR
CLOTHES
I have deconstructed and repurposed garments for
over three years. I taught myself to sew through thrift-store clothing and
my first collection, "Slaughterhouse," was showcased in the Duchess County
Arts Festival in Spring 2006. In June 2006 I launched my label Take Off
Your Clothes and online store. I used second-hand materials to produce the accessories
and took night classes at the Austin School of Fashion Design (Texas) in
draping and garment construction.
After earning a bachelor's degree
in anthropolgy from Vassar College, I began my associate's degree in
fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, learning the
construction, design, and business perspectives of the fashion industry.
During the summer of 2008, I interned at Parachute Studios and consulted
on patternmaking and production, while learning screenprinting and
independent business development. In 2009 I graduated from FIT and
interned for designers Rebecca Turbow and Slow and Steady Wins the Race, where I directly assisted in design, patternmaking, and
samplemaking.
Currently I am finishing a deconstructed and
recycled t-shirt and dress line to be sold in Brooklyn
boutiques.
Email me if you have any questions.
