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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.

Umbrella-less

verysweetlife September 9, 2011

Summer rain hat: waterproof acetate, cotton lining, 2011

We've had some steamy, rainy days as summer ebbs. A rain hat made previously was warm and practical in cold weather, yet was proving mighty hot in summer!

Using material remaining from a raincoat sewn in the spring, constructed a summer-weight wide brim rain hat with a deep crown (so hair can be worn up underneath).

Love to be without the extra weight of an umbrella! (Maybe come autumn rain will sew a waterproof bag.)

Shy tilt of the brim

Rain Hat for Summer Storms

verysweetlife July 2, 2010

(Rain hat: cotton with satin lining, 2010)

A commercial in the 1980's for Gorton's fish sticks featured a fisherman at sea wearing a large yellow rain hat. The image became iconic. This could be the modern urban equivalent in sleek cotton duck. To keep the rain off the brim is wider in the back and slopes gracefully.

(Lining)

Fuchsia satin lining will lift spirits on grey, stormy days at high sea or on subway rides.

(Gorton's fisherman)

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.