Reasons to shop from us
post industrial folk wear was started in 2006 to address and solve problems of utility and relevance in contemporary street wear. This site lets you see images of the work and gives you the opportunity to buy directly from the studio.
All of the work is now available in a coalblack/white as well as the cement gray/white and plain white.
The garments are essentially built: with all detail emerging from construction decisions. The material is featherweight tyvek(R): a high performance non woven taken from construction and graphic trades and adapted and manipulated here for personal use. Along with excellent performance properties, I was drawn to the material because it looks fragile and perishable like paper but is in fact a tough and resistant modern material. (Partially recycled and is recyclable)
I am not interested in making hard or perfect futuristic clothing, smart clothing, or high design. I am trying to coax the genie that is so commonly found in folk wear to appear in work that is of our time.
thanks, mau (Marian Schoettle)
www.conceptualclothing.com
FYI The work is designed in my studio in the Hudson Valley, sewn in the NYC Garment District under the auspices of the Garment Industry Development Corporation. The material is made in the USA, surplus materials are gathered from the local computer, snowboard and automotive industries, and design studio scraps are recycled.
Recent article can be found at: http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/9/Arts+%26+Culture/Portfolio-Mau
All of the work is now available in a coalblack/white as well as the cement gray/white and plain white.
The garments are essentially built: with all detail emerging from construction decisions. The material is featherweight tyvek(R): a high performance non woven taken from construction and graphic trades and adapted and manipulated here for personal use. Along with excellent performance properties, I was drawn to the material because it looks fragile and perishable like paper but is in fact a tough and resistant modern material. (Partially recycled and is recyclable)
I am not interested in making hard or perfect futuristic clothing, smart clothing, or high design. I am trying to coax the genie that is so commonly found in folk wear to appear in work that is of our time.
thanks, mau (Marian Schoettle)
www.conceptualclothing.com
FYI The work is designed in my studio in the Hudson Valley, sewn in the NYC Garment District under the auspices of the Garment Industry Development Corporation. The material is made in the USA, surplus materials are gathered from the local computer, snowboard and automotive industries, and design studio scraps are recycled.
Recent article can be found at: http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/9/Arts+%26+Culture/Portfolio-Mau
