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EDITORS NOTE FOUND GARMENTS HISTORIC UPCYCLING FUTURE FASHION 2 3 6 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS
THIS ZINE EXPLORES HOW CLOTHING CAN HOLD STORIES — NOT AS NOSTALGIA, BUT AS PROOF THAT CARE, REUSE, AND CHANGE CAN SHAPE SOMETHING NEW. EVERY LOOK INSIDE BLENDS OLD AND NEW PIECES, SHOWING HOW WE CAN BUILD A MORE THOUGHTFUL FUTURE BY PRESERVING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS AND REIMAGINING IT IN FRESH WAYS. “FUTURE ARCHIVES” IS A SPACE WHERE FASHION BECOMES MEMORY — REPAIRED, REWORKED, AND MADE TO LAST.EDITOR’S NOTE FASHION AS MEMORY, REIMAGINED FOR THE FUTURE.
FOUND GARMENTS“THE WORK I DO IS VERY TAXING AND DIFFICULT, MAKES ME FEEL STRONG, POWERFUL, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I CAN GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE.” @notyourmommashistoryCHEYNEY MCKNIGHT IN A DRESS SHE DESIGNED BASED ON AN 1860S PATTERN WITH 1830S SLEEVES, RENDERED IN A MODERN AFRICAN WAX PRINT. PHOTOGRAPHED BY DIANA MARKOSIAN HER EVERYDAY OUTFITS COMBINE HER LOVE OF 19TH- CENTURY SILHOUETTES WITH FABRICS COMMON IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK CULTURE, SUCH AS DENIM AND LYCRA. “I DON’T SEE THIS AS CLOTHING OF THE PAST,” SHE SAYS. “I SEE THIS AS CLOTHING OF THE FUTURE.”
FOUND GARMENTS XIAOYE DU AND HEATHER GUO COLLECT QIPAOS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY, AND CAN TALK AT LENGTH ABOUT THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ONE MADE IN THE 1920S VERSUS ANOTHER FROM THE 1960S. THEY BELIEVE IT’S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO WEAR THEM, BUT TO DOCUMENT THEM, TOO (THEY WANT TO START AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT DEVOTED TO CHINESE FASHION HISTORY). DU SAYS THAT SHE HOPES TO HELP NORMALISE WEARING QIPAOS IN AMERICA.PHOTOGRAPHED BY DIANA MARKOSIAN
FOUND GARMENTSLE DESCRIBES HER STYLE AS “THEATRICAL, ROMANTIC, AND WHIMSICAL,” BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT. A TRUE AFICIONADO, LE LEARNED ABOUT FASHION HISTORY THROUGH THRIFTED FINDS; SHE ESTIMATES HER CURRENT WARDROBE IS 75% VINTAGE. HER STYLE BLENDS 1930S BLOOMERS, CHAINMAIL CAPS, AND FUR- TRIMMED ROBES WITH COQUETTISH MODERN-DAY CLOTHES FROM THE LIKES OF SIMONE ROCHA AND SANDY LIANG. THE CONFLUENCE OF ERAS ENDS UP LOOKING ALMOST FUTURISTIC—FAMILIAR YET UNPLACEABLE.PHOTOGRAPHED BY DIANA MARKOSIAN
HISTORIC UPCYCLINGRACHEL D’CRUZ IS A FASHION AND LIFESTYLE CREATOR WHO HAS BEEN UPCYCLING AND SEWING LONG BEFORE IT BECAME A TREND ONLINE. SHE WILL REWORK WHATEVER SHE CAN GET HER HANDS ON, WHETHER THAT MEANT TURNING HER AUNT’S OLD ANARKALI INTO A TWO-PIECE GHAGHRA CHOLI OR BUILDING OUTFITS FROM SCRAPS MOST PEOPLE WOULD TOSS OUT. SHE BELIEVES FASHION IS SHAPED BY WHAT YOU DO WITH IT. @thateclecticone
HISTORIC UPCYCLINGTHE BREADTH OF WOMEN’S WORK ON THE FRONTIER WAS IMMENSE, EVEN IF NOT FULLY APPRECIATED BY THE CENSUS TAKERS OR MOST HISTORY BOOKS. ALTHOUGH WOMEN’S WORK WAS ‘SEEN AS PART OF THE NATURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE…, AS LITTLE NOTICED AS BREATHING’, WITHOUT THAT WORK, NONE OF THE MEN’S WORK USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTIER LIVING COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. "SEWING WAS ALL TEDIOUS HAND WORK - COSTUMES WERE ELABORATE WITH TRIMMINGS - AND QUITE SOME TASK WHEN THE CHILDREN'S TOGS WERE ADDED." ~MRS. HOWARD CARRTHIS PHOTO OF JOB CARR IS AN EXAMPLE OF MEN'S "SUNDAY" BEST.REBECCA CARR IN HER "SUNDAY" BESTMUSEUM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS IN PERIOD CLOTHING FROM THE MID-1800S.
FUTURE FASHIONTHE FUTURE OF FASHION WILL BE MADE FROM WHAT WE CHOOSE TO KEEP THE NEXT TREND IS LONGEVITY