Mar ‘21 - Jun ‘21
_ Grey’s my favorite colour
*to find more information on the process behind this project, click here*
In the past year (2020) we have gone in and out of lockdowns, working from home, meeting online. The lines between private and professional, work and play, have blurred.
Everything takes place in the same space, our own room.
‘Grey’s my favorite colour’ is a mini collection of garments revolving around 3 questions:
I. What am I actively doing the most? (REALITY)
II. What do I long doing again the most? (DESIRE)
III. What would I like to say the most? (STATEMENT)
Each question is visualised in one outfit, but all the items can be interchanged to merge and form combined looks.
I. REALITY _
Look I is inspired by Liv’s day-to-day behaviour during the COVID lockdowns; sitting at home, working, watching movies, wrapping up in a blanket during the cold winter months.
The outfit consists of a heavy grey woolen ‘blanket’, and a bias-cut voile slipdress. It is finished with a belt made from a recycled bike inner-tube.
A system of grommets and wooden toggles is used to drape the blanket on the body in various ways, this system continues in looks II and III.
Embroidered ornaments made by Liv’s grandmother are added to both the blanket and slipdress underneath to reference look III.
The outfit consists of a heavy grey woolen ‘blanket’, and a bias-cut voile slipdress. It is finished with a belt made from a recycled bike inner-tube.
A system of grommets and wooden toggles is used to drape the blanket on the body in various ways, this system continues in looks II and III.
Embroidered ornaments made by Liv’s grandmother are added to both the blanket and slipdress underneath to reference look III.
II. DESIRE _
Inspired by festival fashion throughout the decades, look II consists of hand-crocheted underwear, a top, and a skirt. It is completed with a vinyl rain ‘blanket’, finished with a blanket stitch. This blanket is draped using the same grommet-and-toggle system as look I.
The outfit is completed with a belt made from woolen scraps from look I.
All crochet materials were either pre-owned or bought second-hand. It is a mix of natural and synthetic yarns, metal wire, and cut up bike inner tubes.
Two colourful ornaments embroidered by Liv’s grandmother have been embroidered onto the garments as reference to look III.
The outfit is completed with a belt made from woolen scraps from look I.
All crochet materials were either pre-owned or bought second-hand. It is a mix of natural and synthetic yarns, metal wire, and cut up bike inner tubes.
Two colourful ornaments embroidered by Liv’s grandmother have been embroidered onto the garments as reference to look III.
III. STATEMENT _
The statement piece of look III is a double layered voile ‘blanket’ with carefully integrated unique hand-crafted pieces found in thriftshops and made by Liv’s grandmother.
The pieces have all been treated with black fabric dye and are delicately stitched between two layers of voile.
Finished off with a satin hem and grommets, it can be draped on the body in various ways.
Underneath is a thrifted dress with a low-cut back and hand-crocheted hems and straps.
A vinyl belt made from look II scraps holds everything together.
*to find out more about the hand-crafted items used in this outfit, click here*
The pieces have all been treated with black fabric dye and are delicately stitched between two layers of voile.
Finished off with a satin hem and grommets, it can be draped on the body in various ways.
Underneath is a thrifted dress with a low-cut back and hand-crocheted hems and straps.
A vinyl belt made from look II scraps holds everything together.
*to find out more about the hand-crafted items used in this outfit, click here*
Look I-III and variations made by interchanging pieces:
(Note: styling and modelling done by Liv Kiggen
photography done by Laura Caris)
photography done by Laura Caris)
Liv Helena Kiggen - 2023