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“Cascade” Ensemble
Design House EMME Studio American
Designer Korina Emmerich American
Not on view
SUSTENTATION 1. The careful maintenance and protection of something valuable, especially in its natural or original state:
Korina Emmerich draws on her patrilineal Indigenous heritage to inform the aesthetic and philosophy of her work. Respecting the life cycle of a garment, Emmerich utilizes upcycled, recycled, and natural materials while minimizing waste. This ensemble comprises regenerative and compostable wool and upcycled buttons. It references Hudson’s Bay Company’s iconic Point Blanket, highlighting the company’s fraught colonial history with Emmerich’s Coast Salish Territory Puyallup tribe and reclaiming that history for the designer, whose ancestors worked for the company in the early nineteenth century.
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