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I used to think I wore a lot of black in my early adulthood, but when I look through old photos, I see that aside from my favourite skinny black jeans, I wore quite a bit of colour, so perhaps it was just my attitude that was dark? More pieces of black clothing crept into my wardrobe, and when I went thrift shopping, I always looked at the black pieces first. The answer would always be, "because I feel good in black".Black can be rather boring if you don't pay attention to shape and texture and if I am wearing head-to- toe black (which isn't often), I will make sure there's some visual interest with different fabrics. I will add blue or grey, or even a bit of red now and then to break up the swath of black, but the foundation pieces of my wardrobe are black, and when I shop for clothes, I always look at the black pieces first.

I thought they were delightful - why wear your thoughts on a t-shirt when you can put them on a giant dress? The two dresses above are my favourites from the collection, which Harper's Bazaar dubbed "Slogan Couture". The quote on the green dress is from artist Frida Kahlo, and if I could own one dress from the collection, that would be it

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