Fashion Journal #4

This weekend I went to Philadelphia with the Fibers department for Fibers Philadelphia! We saw so much amazing work, and some sites too, as this was my first time to the city. I have to say that my favorite piece of the entire weekend was a set of six conceptual corsets.

They were beautiful and white, and all their shapes relayed a certain kind of longing. Of course immediately I began to think of historical corsets, bustles and hoop skirts from the Victorian Era. The series was titled "Exposed: An Armory of Physical Longings" from 2011 by April Dauscha.

They bring in the idea of feminity as power, and control of one's life, instead of as a constricting social construct.

Her website is aprildauscha.com .