A-Z Personal Uniforms First Decade
2002
Most of us own a favorite garment that makes us look and feel good, but social etiquette dictates that we wear a different change of clothes every day. Sometimes this multitude of options can actually feel more restrictive that a self-imposed constant. Because Zittel was tired of the tyranny of constant variety, she began a six-month uniform project. Starting in 1991 she would design and made one perfect garment for each season, and would then to wear that dress every day for six months. Although utilitarian in principle, she often found that there was often a strong element of fantasy or emotional need invested in each season’s design. The experiment as a whole worked quite well, especially since dreaming up the next season’s design helped relieve any monotony that might have occurred from wearing the same dress every day.
