ANJA CRABB PAST: PRESENT MANIFESTATIONS OF MEMORY
Past : Present - material manifestations of memory Anja Crabb’s project for MA Fashion and the Environment at London College of Fashion investigates relationships between fashion, memory, identity and experience. It is aimed at finding forms of fashion design and consumption that are meaningful, personal and sustainable. The project title is derived from a quote by T.S. Eliot:
“Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past” The past is made explicit in the garments, while what we wear is an expression of our present selves and who we wish to be in the future. As we remember experience over ‘stuff’, clothing becomes a material manifestation of our memories. And by allowing the wearer to ‘manifest’ their own experiences into the garments i.e. through human hair embroidery, life is breathed into them: they become personal and meaningful. The collection attempts to answer the question: if the meaning of our clothing is currently formed through our personal memories and experience rather than through its inherent design, how can design in fact facilitate or explicitly visualize this manifestation of memory in fashion? The garments are made from organic silk hand-dyed with tea+iron, organic cotton and salvaged materials. Accessories are made from remnants and the bio-plastic pieces are from a collaboration with St. Martin’s graduate Young Ju Do. http://studioanglindo.wordpress.com
http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/anjaCrabb anjaccrabb@gmail.com @anja_crabb
Photography - Flo Brooks Styling - Aitziber Iragui Hair and make up - Minkyung Lee Alyse Kimsey @ Vision Models