Bring clothes you no longer wear and discover something new at this deadstock-inspired community clothing swap that celebrates unused, unsold, and discarded garments and textiles. Centered around exchange and shared stories, you’re invited to tag clothing with memories and anecdotes, rummage through what others have brought, and take home pieces that speak to you.
This clothing swap coincides with Felicity Wong’s Rough Gems exhibition Wearing, Wearing, which explores fashion, labor, waste, and the social lives of clothing.
Guidelines: Clothing does not have to be in “excellent” condition, but please make sure they meet basic hygienic standards. If you would like to bring in an extra large amount of clothing, or have questions about what can be brought in, please contact Felicity Wong (felicitydwong@gmail.com)
About Wearing, Wearing
Curated by Felicity Wong, Wearing, Wearing features six artists who employ strategies of abstraction, repurposing, amalgamation, and deconstruction to investigate the relationships between clothing and decay. Embedded in histories of racial and colonial capitalism, the garment industry has not only laid waste to our environments, but also rendered garment laborers invisible, dispensable, and machine-like. Moving away from aspirations towards luxury fashion, this exhibition asks how mundane, cheap, and dying garments can contribute to but also help us navigate landscapes of decay.