Mosaic: Gee’s Bend & Greg Lauren Collection
On Friday we featured a segment on how to turn a hoodie into a quilt. Well now Greg Lauren and the quilters have Gee's Bend have taken that concept up a notch an designed a whole collection of clothes using their quilts as the basis. "Mosaic : Gee’s Bend and Greg Lauren, is a collaboration between 14 quilters from Gee's Bend and Greg Lauren, celebrating the ingenious artwork by the women of this community." (Photo from Greg Lauren website)
From Greg Lauren:
"This project is close to my heart, as I have been immersed in the love of quilts for many many years. It became clear long ago that much of that comes from the inspiring, often under acknowledged work of those that create the quilts by hand, particularly those women of Gee’s Bend, in Boykin, Alabama.
Through partnerships with the brilliant teams of Build A Nest and Souls Grown Deep Foundation, formed in the middle of last year, many individuals have worked tirelessly with guidance from our friends Tabitha St Bernard-Jacobs, George Macpherson, and Jonathan Michael Square to develop something that has been a true collaboration at every step of the process since its inception.
A collection of 96 garments are now on sale at Bergdorf Goodman, created from 276 panels , designed and sewn by hand by the women listed below, that were themselves created from an archive of scraps and remnants from 10 years of being in business - a result of our no scrap goes unused policy
Each of the 14 women at Gee’s Bend were compensated for the work on each panel, as well as 100% of the proceeds of each garment , going directly back to the community - which we hope to allow both a model for other brands to work with the artisans in such a way, and further still to meaningfully contribute to the communities continued existence."
Click Here to read more from Greg Lauren about the collaboration process.
Click Here to read the Facebook post from the Gee's Bend Quiltmakers about their involvement.
The collection is not on sale yet, but will be able to purchase soon!
(Photo from Greg Lauren website)
