GREY COAGULATED SILK PUFFER
LIMITED TO 2
FABRIC: 100% SILK ORGANZA
FILL: COTTON, LINEN, WOOL, SILK
DO NOT WASH.
MEASUREMENTS:
MODEL IS 6’0”, 29” WAIST, 17” ACROSS SHOULDERS.
ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SLEEVE LENGTH, 22” OPENING, 22” PIT TO PIT.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH ITEM IS MADE TO ORDER IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AND SEWN BY ONE PERSON. PLEASE ALLOW 8-12 WEEKS FOR YOUR ITEM TO BE MANUFACTURED.
DESCRIPTION:
THIS COAGULATED SILK PUFFER IS CREATED BY DYEING SCRAPS FROM COLLECTION 1 WITH A NATURAL DYE MIXTURE CONTAINING WALNUT HULLS AND IRON THE GOAL FOR THESE PIECES IS TO CREATE A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM WITH ZERO TEXTILE WASTE. THE SCRAPS IN THIS PUFFER ARE MADE FROM VARIOUS NATURAL MATERIALS WHICH INCLUDE LINEN, COTTON AND WOOL. THE SCRAP PIECES ARE HAND CUT TO SMALLER FRAGMENTS TO FILL THE SHAPES SEWN INTO THE SILK. THIS GARMENT FEATURES A TOTAL OF 4 SLEEVES AND 2 HOLES. THIS GARMENT IS REVERSIBLE AND CAN BE WORN IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS SOME OF WHICH ARE PICTURED IN THE PRODUCT PHOTOS. THE PUFFER IS HEAVY IN WEIGHT AS IT IS MEANT TO COMFORT AND GROUND THE WEARER. THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE SILK ALLOWS THE WEARER TO STYLE THE PUFFER WITH OTHER ITEMS IN THE WARDROBE WITH THE NOTION THAT ALL LAYERS WILL BE VISIBLE AT ONCE.
SUSTAINABILITY:
THIS GARMENT UTILIZES ALL SCRAPS FROM PRODUCTION OF PREVIOUS GARMENTS IN OUR STUDIO TO CREATE A LOW WASTE PRODUCTION CYCLE. ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE DYE THE COLOR IN THIS GARMENT IS MEANT TO FADE OVER TIME, CREATING A MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE WEARER. ALL SCRAPS FROM THE CUTTING PROCESS OF THIS GARMENT WILL BE SAVED AND REUSED IN NEW DESIGNS. ALL PAPER SCRAPS USED TO CREATE PATTERNS FOR THIS GARMENT ARE ALSO SAVED TO BE REUSED AS TAGS/ PACKAGING.
DYE PROCESS: ALL SCRAP MATERIAL IS DYED WITH PLANT-BASED DYE, MIXED WITH IRON AND TANNINS EXTRACTED FROM CHESTNUT BARK
THIS PUFFER IS MEANT TO BE WORN OVER TIME. MAKE SURE TO DOCUMENT THE WEARING PROCESS AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS. OVER TIME THIS PUFFER WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL AGE MARKINGS THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO YOU, THE WEARER.
