And, where one would keep loose change and Kleenexes when one’s pockets are spilling with ivy is beyond me …
#Figleaf fashion movie
Designed into spare shapes, her minimalist clothing pieces share a unique function: they’re wearable planters for “random plants that have seeded and been growing carelessly in the various parts of the garment”. Cekanaviciute’s idea is an interesting one but to me not really practical … sitting in a work cubicle would be problematic, not to mention in a movie theater or car … and forget about sharing a seat on crowded public transportation ugly public pruning incidents would surely ensue. The Lithuanian designer used “raw, organic” materials in the making of her fashions but unlike A&E, her plant materials were woven by machines into fabric, specifically potato sacks and designer canvas. Declaring in her collection’s manifesto that “any human creation is powerless against the power of nature”, SEED is fashion that grows on you - literally. Above, one look a jacket with sleeve detailing that shelters what the designer calls “shooting sprouts”.
It’s interesting, but aside from that first leafy camouflage, actual foliage hasn’t featured prominently in fashion … that is until the six-piece ‘SEED’ collection by Egle Cekanaviciute. Still, eviction soon followed and they were forced to find ways to dress themselves for less-friendly climes … Since then, A&E’s spawn have covered their nakedness with all manner of materials, some of it natural and plant-derived, some not.
Faced with this first-ever fashion dilemma (“I need something to wear!”), they went local and sustainable and covered up with fig leaves. As the hoary ol’ tale goes, Adam and Eve sinned when they ate fruit forbidden to them in their Garden home of Eden … God, none-too-happy with his couldn’t-follow-one-simple-rule first couple, opened their eyes to the fact that they were naked … and awesome overall tans aside, A&E were ashamed by what they saw.
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