LEGACY REPRESENTS THE PASSAGE OF TIME THROUGH A PERSON'S LIFE.
IT IS PRESENTED THROUGH FIVE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MY FAMILY HISTORY: ORIGIN / PASSION, EMIGRATION, LOVE, LOSS / FORGETFULNESS, AND DEATH.
THE ORIGIN AND PASSION. MY ORIGINS IN NORTH AFRICA, SOUTHERN SPAIN AND THE FAMILY LEGACY OF WORKING IN TAILORING AND CARPENTRY. IN THESE LOOKS, THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS OF TAILORING USING HANDMADE EMBROIDERY OF SCARVES THAT REFER TO THE TRIBES TATTOOS.
THE EMIGRATION. ABANDON YOUR LIFE AND CHANGE YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
LOOKS WITH BROADER GARMENTS WITH TROMPE L'OEILS SHOWING MANY OVERLAPPING GARMENTS WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY A SINGLE ONE. ALSO WIDE GARMENTS WITH RIBBONS TO REGULATE THEM, PORTRAYING THE NEED TO ADAPT AND INHERIT GARMENTS.
LOVE. START A NEW LIFE AND FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. THESE GARMENTS ARE A REINTERPRETATION OF THE TYPICAL SPANISH WEDDING DRESS AND HAVE BEEN CREATED BY JOINING THE RIBBONS ONE BY ONE THUS CREATING A FABRIC.
THE LOSS AND OBLIVION. THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE AND THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S. INCREASINGLY DARKER GARMENTS WITH CHIFFON AND CORSETS. MAINTAINING THE CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF THAT PERSON'S LIFE SUCH AS EMBROIDERY WITH APPLICATIONS.
DEATH. THE END OF A PERSON'S LIFE. TOTALLY BLACK LOOKS, WITH A LOT OF CHIFFON REPRESENTING THE END OF LIFE.
ALL EMBROIDERY AND RIBBONS ARE HANDMADE BY ME.
Photographer - Carla Sabate.
Photographer assistant - Heidi Cavazos.
Model - Yuliya Herrera / Josi Encarnación.
Makeup and hair - Lucia Neri Damboriano.
Thanks to - Sandra Cuesta.
