Full Description
In short vignettes tied to the rhythms of the seasons, Kate Fletcher, fashion and sustainability pioneer, explores interrelationships between clothing and the natural world in this first volume of Fletcher's Almanac.
Writings and predictions for each month feature nature, not as the scenery against which fashion stories unfold, but the main event, and the connection of fashion and nature, the story. It has been said that fashion speaks capitalism. In these entries it speaks another tongue, the language of the earth. A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book to take with you on your forays into nature. This will be a limited edition, with the second volume of Fletcher's Almanac coming next year.
Contents
Contents
Winter
january Moss: the winter coat of woodland floors 16
february The land is the thing, to care is the way 20
march The woodlands wear flowers 25
Spring
april Buzzard life: a Spring/Summer collection 32
may Hawthorn, the colour of a boil wash 36
june Quiet as larch: dressing to hear the world 39
Summer
july Needle mirrors beak 51
august Awareness: wearing more now than before 54
september Crop tops and spider silk: things from two fields ordinarily not regarded as related 57
Autumn
october The fashion system knows above all that there is a season for all things 64
november The swan travelator: mystery and familiarity 67
december In the rain we meet as animals 70
