These wearable pieces speak to the trials and tribulations of modern romance.
, a former SCAD student who graduated in 2018 who has been dyeing lingerie and stitching her writing onto undergarments for the last year or so.
It was in these experiences that she also learned to appreciate the “romance” and “elegance” of old things, finding her love for vintage and thrift shopping. “I’ve always had a taste for antique furniture and houses from the Victorian era. I feel like there’s so much attention to detail, especially with lingerie,” she tellsHer affinity for slip dresses started when she was 19.
She also has a love for color and natural dyes because they’re more sustainable and have been around for hundreds of years, which makes her feel connected to something larger than herself. “If you’re using synthetic dyes, you have to use very harsh chemicals. But with natural dyes, the result is pleasant, as you don’t have full control over it,” she explains.
To decide what phrases to put on the lingerie, Jalena revisits the pages of her writing, circling whatever she feels drawn to emotionally at that moment and what flows naturally together, sort of like a story. She also make it a point to include darker thoughts rather than happy ones, so that the words contrast with the daintiness of the lingerie. “Beyond the blissful colors there is a haunting meaning, the haunted memories of a love that only seemed to exist in my heart,” she says.
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