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Trousers
Designer Greg Lauren American
Not on view
WISTFULNESS 1. Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy:
As inspiration for his spring/summer 2021 collection, Greg Lauren (nephew of Ralph Lauren) cited the celebrated quilt makers and quilt-making traditions of Gee’s Bend, a historic Black community in Alabama. As a coda to the collection, Lauren collaborated with Gee’s Bend quilters on an edition of fourteen custom garments. Using scrap fabric from Lauren’s studio, the quilters created patchwork panels applied to jackets, trousers, and accessories. This jacket is tagged with the names of its Gee’s Bend makers: Minnie Mae Pettway, Kristin Pettway, and Priscilla Hudson.
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