Closure :: metaphors in cloth

~ details on silk lace blouse, made by Vernon, 1915-1917 courtesy of Digitalt Museum ~

~ dress by Mariano Fortuny, ca. 1939 via The Costume Institute of the

Metropolitan Museum of Art ~

~ silk stomacher ca. 1720, The Metropolitan Museum of Art ~

~ boro & mending, from the book 'Boro - Rags and Tatters From the Far North of Japan' ~

~ garment design by Isabel Toledo, from the exhibit/book

 'Fashion From the Inside Out' ~

~ Paul, 1999, by Jackie Nickerson from the 'Farm' series ~

~ Peony Dress, Hand, San Francisco, 1997 by Linda Elvira Piedra

from 'The Story of My Love' ~

~ 'Savage Beauty' ensemble by Alexander McQueen, spring/summer collection 2001 ~

~ pattern on dress form, photographer unknown, France ~

~ photo by Lin & Jirsa ~

~ interior seam of boro jacket, sashiko stitched, from Sri Threads ~

~ pieced dress by Gibbous Fashions ~

~ detail from silk evening coat by Paul Poiret, ca 1912, The Metropolitan Museum of Art ~

~ photo by Emmanuelle Brisson, from the series 'L'air frissonne des choses qui

s'enfuient' (The Air Shivers of Things Fleeing) ~

Closure

clo・sure

noun

1.  the act or process of closing, or the state of being closed.

2.  an end or conclusion

2.  a sense of resolution or finality at the end of an artistic work.