Hand Embroidery Fashion - Student

I would like to celebrate my family, my parents home and place where I grew up, all of what
made me who I am. As the years pass by I understand how much does my parents home was a
sanctuary for me, providing me peace, softness and protection. A place that allowed balance for
my life, wrapping me on one hand and on the other hand was the only place where I could be
me in anyway I choose, no filters, no judgement.
I grew up in "Kibbutz" Yad Moedechai in Israel, a small confined fixated and conservative
community. As opposed to the Kibbutz society where I wasn't always feeling comfortable in, our
house represented the exact opposite. I wanted to represent my home familiar melancholic
softness via the hibiscus flowers that surrounds my Kibbutz area opposing the solid concrete
structure that have been a significant part of my childhood landscape. I have created a tailored
system that combines these elements, using a jacket that represents the hibiscus flower, made
out of layers of soft and transparent linen and layers of special Post-Its adjusted to traditional
tailoring, cut our as petals and flowers. The embroidery that surrounds these layers is made out
of various types of white strings, some of them are soft and some are rough and rigid. The
embroidery connects the Post-It layers to the jacket's body as keeping with the conventional
practice of traditional tailoring. Underneath the jacket, I have designed a wool dress, that reflects
a meticulous restrained look as a concrete, but in fact, for me, it is gentle and fragmented. In the
year 2017, when who I am and my parents home will always remain as a gentle, soft, tolerating
and loving surrounding, I can go out and celebrate.
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AGUR MAN