Why do you label me?
Over 700 necktie and clothing labels have been incorporated into this gown that starts a conversation about labeling people. The hem area has 13 words in stitched cording that outline ways we categorize others including by race, country of origin, weight, interests, abilities and so on. We can dress up our rhetoric but in the end, rather than differentiating ourselves, we need to realize that we are all tied together on this planet as the human species. All of us are unique in some way, but our similarities outweigh our differences. Just like these labels, each is different, but all are still from a garment and very close in size and shape.
Around the hip-line text is “Why do you label me?”
Words stitched around hem: Social Status, Race, Religion, Politics, Country of Origin, Weight, Intelligence, Gender, Income, Interests, Ability, Personality, and Sexual Orientation
2021
Thrift store dress, child’s necktie, beading, cummerbund, 700+ labels, cording, and thread.
Around the hip-line text is “Why do you label me?”
Words stitched around hem: Social Status, Race, Religion, Politics, Country of Origin, Weight, Intelligence, Gender, Income, Interests, Ability, Personality, and Sexual Orientation
2021
Thrift store dress, child’s necktie, beading, cummerbund, 700+ labels, cording, and thread.