(SKIN)STALLATIONS

[SKIN]STALLATIONS is a collection of wearable installations that feel and look like human skin designed to allow the wearer to experience the effects of colourism through feeling & sound.

(SKIN)STALLATIONS

(SKIN)STALLATIONS

Exhibited at the CIAD Sa Lapo Ki Nou Ladan (The Skin We’re In): Explorations into Skin Politics conference and presented the journey of this project alongside the curators and team that designed the mannequins for the V&A’s Africa Fashion and NAOMI exhibition.

(SKIN)STALLATIONS are a collection of wearable installations inspired by experiences navigating the fashion industry. Each piece is intentionally made to feel and look like human skin designed to allow the wearer to experience the effects of colourism through feeling & sound.

  • details about the shades dark, medium and light.

  • The name derives from the infamous 'Brown Paper Bag Test', a practice used to measure an individual's skin tone compared to the colour of a Brown paper bag.

    Discover the full story behind test here.

  • The name derives from the infamous 'Brown Paper Bag Test', a practice used to measure an individual's skin tone compared to the colour of a Brown Paper Bag.

    Discover the full story behind bag here.

  • The name derives from the infamous 'Brown Paper Bag Test', a practice used to measure an individual's skin tone compared to the colour of a Brown Paper Bag.

    Discover the full story behind paper here.

 

PAPER

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BAG

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TEST

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PAPER // BAG /// TEST /

 
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