2024
Erin McClain
  • SUMMARY
graduate of Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

at the base of little sheep mountain

My collection consists of 9 looks; each referencing an archetype you would encounter in storytelling. The bride, the fisherman, the cowboy, etcetera. Each look is dressed head to toe using a singular colour and fabric to make the entire outfit. This project has been an exploration of the collective imagination and whether these archetypes (or ‘ideas of people’) hold any truth. I explored the blurry line between garments rooted in our reality, and the creation of merely the idea of these garment, in tern to create the idea of an archetype when it is worn.