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Images and notes on projects by Verysweetlife Studio. The artist Sarah Kate Beaumont documents her Slow Style project. Includes instructional videos, photographs and writings.

Sewing Outdoors

verysweetlife January 2, 2012

Sewing Outdoors

It may be prudent to keep a love of winter hushed. Grumbling about the cold is more customary. Secretly relish the cold and delight in a snowstorm feisty enough to transform city streets into cross country ski paths until snowplows appear. (With layers of clothing one is warm sprinting on skis. I've made silk long undershirts of late.)

Despite Brooklyn's magical qualities, I've a craving for nature. Was in Pennsylvania this month where there was a convergence of people close to the heart, a sewing machine, blue sky, bright sunlight, deer roaming in mini-herds and winter's energizing chill. In a borrowed winter coat sat on the porch and sewed, breathing deeply.

Brought mending on the plane. A bag made years ago is now repaired.

Slow Style

Slow Style is an ongoing project by Sarah Kate Beaumont who since 2008 has designed and crafted every piece of her wardrobe. She has not purchased clothing since the project began.

Combining art and craftsmanship Beaumont’s project embraces individual style and sustainability. It seeks to empower others to question assumptions of consumerism with its inherent cycle of acquisition and disposal, and as an alternative, to explore self-reliance in our shared ecosystem.

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Slow Style

Verysweetlife seeks to empower her audience to embrace authentic, individual style free from fast-fashion and consumerism, and to explore self-reliance in our shared ecosystem.

Since 2008 the artist Sarah Kate Beaumont has made what she wears, designing and assembling each piece. These are slow clothes, combining craftsmanship and art.