About the Little Green Dress Projekt:
Created by artist Nicole Dextras as part of her ongoing Weedrobes series, this project will comprise 21 handmade botanical dresses installed at VanDusen Botanical Garden as part of the Earth Art Exhibition from July 11 to September 30, 2012. Visit this site for updates, photos and messages as the project unfolds.
The concept behind the Little Green Dress has been extrapolated from the age-old fashion adage that every woman should own a little black dress and brings this notion into the realm of today’s environmental awareness. It proposes instead that women should have at least one item of clothing in her wardrobe that is produced in a sustainable and equitable manner. The aim of this project is to promote awareness on the impact of industry on our environment and to offer a realistic opportunity for change by creating a demand for better practices through consumer purchasing. For this reason the dresses will be made entirely from organic materials; Wear it and Compost it!
The Little Green Dress Project replaces the ubiquitous black dress with one that is truly organic: made from leaves and flowers. Its design is based on the classic shift dress, first introduced in the 1960’s by Coco Channel. The twenty-eight participating women will be chosen for their support and involvement in eco-fashion. Each dress will be made to measure by the artist from locally sourced materials representing a wide cross section of women of all ages and sizes from fashionistas, to gardeners. Invited participants will be asked to describe their favorite sustainable article of clothing and their interest in creating sustainable industries.
The project will be presented at the Earth Art exhibition in Vancouver, BC Canada as an outdoor installation of 28 dresses, each draped over a wooden stand. They will be created on site and installed during the run of the exhibition. As with Dextras’ previous Weedrobes series, each sculpture will be photographed and then left to decompose over time.
[...] to be missed local artist Nicole Dextras brings fashion into the garden with the Little Green Dress Projekt. This on going exhibit will feature 28 handmade botanical dresses from now until mid September. [...]
[...] A part of her continuing series Weedrobes, Nicole bring the subject of sustainable fashion to the forefront. Creating a conversation around 28 handcrafted dresses also known as the Little green Dress Projekt. [...]