Fashion Is...

This project was designed to answer the question, "What is fashion".  I decided to create a shibori sleeve to answer this question.  Its not a top or a jacket, just a single sleeve because to me, fashion is what you make it.  It's not a piece of clothing, it's what makes you feel like you.  It is a form of self expression that allows you to show others who you are.  The clothes you choose to wear say more about a you than you think.  Fashion is more than just clothes.  

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One of requirements for this project was to use some sort of fabric manipulation technique.  I chose to use a traditional Japanese Shibori technique.  Traditionally rocks or marbles are used but all I had was buttons.  So I tied buttons into my fabric with thread.  After about 10+ hours of tying I boiled the bundle of button fabric for three hours.  After it fully dried I untied all the buttons and I was left with this beautiful bubbled texture.  Unfortunately I boiled all the color out but the end result was still just as lovely.