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Dress with repeat pattern

By Shelly Goldsmith 2011

Shelly Goldsmith

Dimensions
260cm x 79cm x 69cm

This piece explore the notion of residue left in the clothes we wear. Using woven name tape, in abundance, as a strong signifier of the identity of the wearer, a name, a story constructed over a life-time. The imagined story, hand stitched in woven tape in the interior of the garment is repeated over and over.

Shelly Goldsmith

Shelly Goldsmith

Shelly Goldsmith

Shelly Goldsmith

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Shirt detail. Installation at 'Four Threads' at the Haberdashers Company

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