The Red Dress
November 14, 2021 3:53 AM Subscribe
"This dress is pure sisterhood"
The Red Dress is the culmination of a 12 year project spanning 28 countries and 244 embroiderers.
The project's website.
The Facebook page.
Alarabiya link.
Artist's Instagram page.
The project's website.
The Facebook page.
Alarabiya link.
Artist's Instagram page.
I would wear that. Love it. Beautiful dress and beautiful idea.
posted by kathrynm at 10:07 AM on November 14, 2021
posted by kathrynm at 10:07 AM on November 14, 2021
I'm so glad you posted this. It's wonderful.
posted by travertina at 1:23 PM on November 14, 2021
posted by travertina at 1:23 PM on November 14, 2021
That's so cool! It made me wonder if needles are known to all cultures, but I couldn't find any definite answer, but needles as old as 60,000 years old have been found.
posted by Harald74 at 3:46 AM on November 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Harald74 at 3:46 AM on November 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
I don't know what to do with the thought that popped into my head, but I'm putting it here anyway -
I like this, but the video in the first link made me squirm. There's a still of a slender western white lady wearing the meticulous labor of women from all over the world. In the video, there's are requisite shots of dark skinned women working, but the speaking/named women are all light skinned. "There's an African woman... an Asian woman..." Cool, cool, cool. And some European and North American women too, right? Or do they get the privilege of being identified with their cultures and countries?
The other links mix it up a bit better, and it looks like there are some thumbnails of maybe a a woman of color in the dress too? And of course, it was the (White) artist's idea! And the idea is the center of the art! So she deserves to be centered? But after immersion in so many stories about owns history and sells and curates and takes credit for art , I struggle with this project.
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 1:40 PM on November 15, 2021
I like this, but the video in the first link made me squirm. There's a still of a slender western white lady wearing the meticulous labor of women from all over the world. In the video, there's are requisite shots of dark skinned women working, but the speaking/named women are all light skinned. "There's an African woman... an Asian woman..." Cool, cool, cool. And some European and North American women too, right? Or do they get the privilege of being identified with their cultures and countries?
The other links mix it up a bit better, and it looks like there are some thumbnails of maybe a a woman of color in the dress too? And of course, it was the (White) artist's idea! And the idea is the center of the art! So she deserves to be centered? But after immersion in so many stories about owns history and sells and curates and takes credit for art , I struggle with this project.
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 1:40 PM on November 15, 2021
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posted by mermayd at 6:17 AM on November 14, 2021 [1 favorite]