Lady In White

From as early as the late 15th century, women have constructed beautiful and amazing lace. There were limited jobs available for women of that time, and going down the avenue of lace making was seen as one of the only means of an income.
As we take a glance at society in our current 21st century, it is evident that the role of women has grown. Women and their supporters have campaigned for the same rights as men and today they have finally accomplished themselves as having an equal standing to men.
Lace continues to be produced today and can be seen as a metaphor, telling the story of the journey of women’s role in society, from the late 15th century housewife expectation, to today’s modern woman.
My ‘re new lace’ project is a visual contradiction between the original wedding gown lace used as the basis for construction, to the contrasting surface application and object manipulation through self-designed pattern, into a modern blazer style jacket which symbolizes the modern career driven woman we are accustomed to today.
As a result, these opposing ideas of traditional and contemporary women’s garments tell the viewer of the drastic ideas and expectations women face today and how they have changed over time.