Last week SFMoMA's Open Space published my essay,
Liberty and Luxury, in their Interwoven special issue.
You can read it here.
Thanks to Gordon Faylor and Claudia La Rocco
for brilliant collaboration, editing, and design.
"She tells me what happens to fabric when you put it in your mouth (saliva dissolves rayon, but strengthens linen). Says that if you’re cutting and sewing sequined fabric, be sure to wear goggles to protect your eyes. And never set polyester on fire. Once, she says, a customer came into the store and asked for silk orgasma. You can see how that would happen here — this place inspires lust."