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The Change
Couture Collection
Photos, descriptions
and the volunteers that made it possible!
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The Obamanos Coat
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The Obamanos Coat
is a 1950s man's winter coat that is covered with photos
from the paper campaign door hangers used by canvassers on
election day. Printed on these hangers is a beautiful photo
of Barack Obama standing in the middle of a huge crowd of
people. The photo is cut into small strips and sewed to the
entire coat.
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In Santa Fe
there is a popular bumper sticker that reads:
Obamanos, which means to me: WE are Obama. This is
the essence of what this coat represents-- the
millions of us that were inspired to call, canvas,
give money and work very hard for this election. |
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The
Voter Swing Coat |
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The Voter Swing
Coat is made from voter registration posters (hanging
on the wall in the photo) cut into half inch wide
strips and woven together. This “paper fabric” was
adhered to recycled canvas using an iron-on adhesive
and the finished coat pieces are hand sewn together.
Both the collar, outer sleeves and the bottom edge
of the coat are covered with “lace”-- punched and
cut from recycled voter registration cards.
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The Obama Cocktail Dress
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The Obama
Cocktail Dress is made of plastic sheeting yard
signs that were put over a wire frame. The plastic
was cut into strips and sewn to a lining (made from
a recycled cotton sheet) starting from the bottom
and ascending in overlapping layers. It has a zipper
on the back. |
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THANK YOU
to all of the people that volunteered to work on the
Change Couture Collection!
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