Gallery 2022 – Amit Friedman

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A Chronicle of Grief

In the Victorian era, widows were expected to mourn for two full years.This gives the idea that grief has a beginning and an end, which in my experience is not at all the case. Grief is not a straight line with a starting point and an end point, it is more of a circle, an infinity. In my thesis collection, I explore round shapes and intricate fabric combinations that symbolize the endless rainbow of feelings accompanied by grief.

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A  front view of the dress where you can see the chainmail cape, which represents the heavy feeling of grief; the weaved corset, which represents the complicity of dealing with loss of a close one; and the pleated skirt, which I used in an unconventional way and created circler shapes to show the endlessness.

A front view of the dress

A closer look to the side view where you can see better the weaved corset and the wavy lines on the faux leather fabric

A side view where you can see the weaved corset and the round shapes in the skirt

A closer look at the cape and the overlapping detail in the shoulder

In this photo you can see the shoulder detail of the cape.

A back view where you can see the keyhole in the back of the cape and the movement of the pleated skirt

A full back view, here you can see the keyhole back and the movement of the skirt.

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Amit Friedman

Kfar Saba, Israel

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Credits:

Photographer: Paul Lozano, Yotav Masa
Model: Amit Friedman

FIT, State University of New York

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