Cone Denim/Susan Cianciolo Exhibit

[bicurious]

There is a exhibit at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits) that is worth checking out if you are interested in denim:

http://www.artleak.org/cianciolo.html

Cone Denim gave fashion designer/artist Susan Cianciolo access to their mills in North Carolina, which she documented, and let her make clothes out of denim remnants that she found at the mill, some of which are 100 years old. The clothes are at the exhibit and its pretty cool to see denim that old up close.

They have a lusciously printed freebee catalog from Cone Mills that documents a large stash of demin work wear from the 1930's through the 50's that someone found in an attic that is definitely worth grabbing a copy of.

[pacioli]

Here's some pics from the same NY show. http://denimnews.blogspot.com/2006/09/woman-of-crowd-just-as-rest-of-world.html

Hey, what "printed freebee catalog" are you referring to? This overpriced $50 gold-color-cover 1000-units-limited-edition catalog?

Or this Found book that's actually worth something? It's hard to believe they would give away this nice little piece of work...if that's the case take the whole lot and spread the love on SF.

[tweeds]

oh no...the first thing i thought was "what a waste of good vitnage denim" but i figure most are probably scraps too small to be put to much productive use anyway. the patchwork bag is nice but most of the rest of the stuff (looking at pacioli's photos) looks really iffy.

[bicurious]

Yeah, I meant the Found book. I'll try to find the time to scan and post some images from the book this weekend.

[adsurgo]

i have that found book. theres some really interesting stuff in it.