Fashioned from Nature 1990 - Present

Fashion, as a verb, comes from the Latin facere, to make, so fashion at its root means to give shape or form to something. The title of this book and the associated exhibition, Fashioned from Nature, presents a simple but profound truth that fashion is made from nature. Nature provides the source for each garment that that we choose to wear as our second skin. Fashion is made from nature and is dependent on it. Land, water, air and people form fashion’s supply chain, from growing to manufacturing, transportation and delivery into our hands and lives. Through these interactions, fashion is taking from nature at a rate that cannot be sustained.