Jumper Jumper born by hand night and day, day and nightconsidered knit-purl patches, squares, oblongsembroidery cross, run over joins and planesbuckle into memories of its makingto...
Carol Tulloch
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Julie Perrin
Taupe and Teal When my mother was in her 80s, still spry and keen for a car trip, I took her to Tasmania. We stayed in a quaint cottage in a village outside Launceston. There were...
Sean Christopher Galloway
A Model of Obliscence I intended to write a moving epigraph on these perfect, high-ankle black designer leather boots that my older brother gave to me at his house in rural Missouri,...
Shu-Ling Chua
Like an Egg on a Spoon On our third date, sharing a comfy sofa at a bar in Werribee, you asked what my favourite colour was. “Why are you asking me?” It had seemed a child-like...
Julia English
I rarely get rid of clothes, and don’t have many items that haunt me; the closest thing would be a red and green swing-coat of my nan’s, which sits waiting for me to practise my...
Susie Campbell
Ghost Garments I am haunted by the ghostly presence of Agnes Richter’s strange, hand-embroidered jacket. It has an uncanny presence. Even psychologist Gail Hornstein says...
Annie Taylor
When I was little, I was dressed in my brother’s cast-offs. That was fine, I was his constant shadow. Eventually though I discovered other influences and went a little clothes-mad....
Clare Daněk
When asked about ‘Your favourite piece of clothing or textile object?’ ‘Your dream outfit or textile object?’ ‘A piece of clothing or textile object that haunts you?’, it occurred to...
Gaurav Monga
The Posticheur There are very few people left who would recognise this profession. Ever since women have started wearing their hair short, the craft of a posticheur is not...
Wendy Ward
Enduring Fashion ‘A bit too big.Coming apart at some of the seams, the lining a bit tatty in places.Weather worn wrinkles in the leather, a web of interwoven lines.Lines that have...
Caroline Collett
Inspiration and identity—why do we wear what we wear? Choosing what to wear is often a straightforwardly functional affair. There’s rainwear for the rain, beachwear for the beach,...