Losing the Thread

Starting out with super 8 reels of Paris catwalks I shot in 19791980 what was supposed to be an experimental short on couture culture turned into a study of style Deleuzes definition of style creating a foreign language in ones own language was the catalyst inducing me to loosen the initial threads of fashion and to search for other textures Stitched together these intertwined images of Coco Chanel Courrèges Cole Porter and Kaiser Karl speak of style films fashion and fun Seamlessly Losing the Thread