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Rachel Skirt Circa 2005

fashionRIP started with an idea for dresses based on a theme ..typical collection stuff; except that i was using thrift store garments and Zootsuit remnants for a major part of the materials.

After the "Ode to Rachel Carson" and the "Phoenix" skirt among other symbolic garb i wanted back to black.

Victorian excess, punk defiance, goth confronting, grunge juxtaposing and the sustainable movement were woven and repackaged into something that retains and enhances the multiple layers of communication expressed by its influences. Well now, that needed multiple mediums in order to express its new self. This took parts of it out of my hands. So then the sustainable community walkabout started with friends and local resources providing the means.

This style doesn't reject as much from the path of the moment as a goal that is planned too well tends to do! Instead, it is growing in an open manner that respects the natural laws and believes we are meant to be wondrous. That is the experiment.