Waltz Frock

This jacket is a men’s piece that is marked for a waltz segment in a performance. It is a raisin-colored velvet with a metallic fabric used for sleeves and collar. The wonderful peach silk that offsets the whole thing would never have been seen.

The visual strength of this jacket rests with the play of elements between interior and exterior. The bold elegant label on the silk cream interior unites the graphic aspects of the image. The odd folding-over and stitching of the metallic collar is a refitting of the garment to a performer with a smaller neckline. It is the way that it is done that suggests haste, and a the kind of alteration or repair that befits a garment on its last leg.

Repairs on a garment with a long life ahead are done with great care, as the idea is to undo entropy and restore the piece to its original form.