THE STORY BEGAN 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I MADE MY FIRST PIECE, FOR MY DAUGHTER. IT WAS A DRESS I CREATED FROM A PAIR OF JEANS MY HUSBAND WORN OUT.
THIS WAS MY FATHERS WAY. HE NEVER THREW ANYTHING AWAY, NEVER EVER. HE CREATED A NEW WORLD OUT OF ITEMS THAT HAD NO VALUE FOR ANYONE ANYMORE. MILK-BOTTLES BECAME LAMPS, STRINGS AND ROPES WERE MADE INTO CARPETS OR SEATS. COMBINATIONS OF OLD BIKES, APPLIANCES, GARMENTS BECAME INTERESTING NEW USEFUL OR LOVABLE OBJECTS.
MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT EVERY ITEM HAD VALUE, NO MATTER HOW OLD OR BROKEN UP, EVERYTHING HAS A SOUL AN IDENTITY, BEHIND EVERYTHING THERE IS A STORY, A STORY WITH A CONTINUATION.
AS A RESULT OF MY FATHERS TEACHING, FOR ME, EVERY GARMENT HAS A PERSONALITY, SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT INDIVIDUAL AND PRECIOUS.
I LIKE TO CONTINUE THESE STORIES.
THESE STORIES ARE CREATED OUT OF MY OWN COLLECTED HIGH END MATERIALS, OR FROM [THE EMOTIONALVALUABLE] MATERIALS WHO ARE GIVEN BY THE CLIENT.
I MAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING NEW FROM THEM.
I PUT MY HEART IN EVERY PIECE I CREATE, LIKE A WRITER PUTS SOMETHING OF HIMSELF INTO A STORY HE TELLS.
MEMORIES, EVENTS, JOY, HAPPINESS, SADNESS ARE ALL PARTS OF THE MATERIALS I USE, BLENDED TO CREATE A UNIQUE GARMENT WITH A STORY ON HIS OWN.
INSPIRED BY MY FATHER'S WAY OF RESPECT AND LOVE FOR ALL THINGS AROUND HIM!
SIMON ERNST RAPAPORT 1922-2004