Whitney Nekoroski

My work is a product of my upbringing, and explores identity in relation to humor, social environment, and codifying ourselves with clothing. Having grown up in a suburb outside of Boston, a lot of my inspiration comes from the way people approach their relationship to conveying their personality through dress, regardless of their proximity to the world of fashion or fine art. In my process, I am constantly developing new systems of reuse and repurposing in regards to both physical material and performative meaning. Why do we dress the way we do, and how can that act as a conversation, or better yet, an ongoing story?

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Tanning Set

Machine-knit cotton and wool yarn, secondhand cotton fabric
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Thesis Look 1: Vain former teen beauty queen, who is now directionless and spends much of her time tanning in her parent's lawn.

Overlapped Sweater

Screen printed and machine-knit cotton and wool
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Research: This sweater encapsulated the recurring colors of my childhood, with the included imagery of Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner on the sleeves.

Collector's Vest and Top

Knit-woven cord, latex, rubber-dipped ceramics, digitally printed cotton
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Thesis Look 2: Obsessive collector and documenter of her family's past, including mementos stashed into latex pockets in her shirt, and attached to her vest.