Choir of Hope
2016
This 4 piece collection challenges religion. When it comes to faith-based violence, religious moderates are part of the problem, not the solution. I am not suggesting that religion is at all completely incorrect, I very much respect it's history, values, and benefits; I am simply challenging it's prolonged existence and beliefs in our diverse society. I have created a spiritual, mystical and utopian world, with love and happiness as it's foundation. The garments I have made are what will be worn in this world. We should be pursuing and enjoying alternative ways of living. A lifestyle which references back to the Baroque Period of 1600 - 1750, which developed a far more enriched and enhanced way of being human. I'm talking about people freely gathered in a flower and grass spread meadow, dressed in colour, shapes and light, exchanging ideas, and having sex while eating chocolate and cream. Modelled by Jackson Straugheir and Tom Shackleton.