Heart Shirts...
I visited the V & A the other day to see their latest 'Power of Making' exhibition. One of Bronwen Marshalls 'Heart Shirts' were displayed from AW 11/12 collection (picture 1).
What initially caught my attention was the the fact that instead of being a print the heart was a patchwork of pieces of fabric, presumably resulting in a very complex pattern process.
After researching the shirt later I found that it came from this series of shirts displaying the story of a breaking heart.
The shirts move along the colour gradient from light grey to slate as the blood from the heart gushes away resulting in splayed linear prints and pleats.
Although perhaps hidden behind quite a deep concept, I thought the shirts showed amazing craftmanship.
