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“Carrie’s Prom Dress”
Design House Rentrayage American
Designer Erin Beatty American
Not on view
CONTINUITY 1. Uninterrupted connection, succession, or union:
Erin Beatty debuted Rentrayage, French for "to mend" or "to make whole again," in 2019. Formerly codesigner of the label Suno, Beatty has turned her focus to sustainable production and the creation of new garments from old ones. Here, Beatty fused sections of three dresses together along two seams—one horizontal and one vertical. Although the original silhouettes remain largely unaltered, the short sleeve on the right side of the garment and the full sleeve on the left skew the proportions of the new design.
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