Anna Cali
she/her
Child’s Play
Inspired by childhood memories of playing dress up, Child's Play is a ready-to-wear collection that explores the social norms and rules embodied in clothing. This collection blends contrasting elements of classical tailoring and lingerie with bold colours and silhouettes. Deliberately camp and irrational, the collection aims to poke fun at and ridicule the many reasons we dress.
Through the use of calico and spot and cross patterns, this collection chooses to emphasise the materials and techniques of the making process, rather than discarding them before the final step. By playing with the idea that these clothes don't just happen to exist but are rather the result of a culturally constructed and deliberate design process, the collection aims to highlight the similarity between constructed patterns and garments and the culturally constructed norms and social rules of dress.
Look 1, laser cut shorts in cotton poplin and calico; coated cotton bodice and silk satin bra.
Look 2, inside-out jacket in duchess satin, cotton poplin and coated cotton; duchess satin underwear set with calico embellishments.
Look 3, upside-down dress in duchess satin and coated cotton; shirt underwear in coated cotton.