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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.

Wrap-around Skirt

verysweetlife September 8, 2010

(Skirt: cotton with metal hardware, 2010)

The skirt has multiple panels sewn together then gathered. The adjustable wide band at the waist (like a weightlifter's belt) feels wonderful. It is strengthening! The pattern was drafted with a large hem allowance. Seeing the photograph it is evident that shortening the skirt would be better given the fullness of the design (and my height)! Back to the machine.

(Waistband detail)

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.