A DRESS / Address is an ongoing collaboration between Suzanne McClelland and Alix Pearlstein. It is a series of artworks that grapples with, edits and transfers texts onto a range of garments, positing the transcript as a potent alternative to branded logo design. The garments engage with contemporary functional fashion, infusing everyday attire with embodied text in action. These wearable transcripts perform themselves.

A DRESS / Address: What They Asked: Christine Blasey Ford, was initiated by McClelland's poster titled "Address". This work transcribes the questions that senators asked Christine Blasey Ford during her testimony to Congress in Fall 2018, onto a neoprene trench coat. Limited Edition. 2019.

A DRESS / Address: Testimony of Anita F. Hill: OPENING STATEMENT, transcribes the entirety of her opening statement to the senate judiciary in 1991, with key remarks highlighted, onto a silk or cotton shirtdress. Limited Edition. 2020.

A DRESS / Address: THE WOMEN, transcribes account summaries of the women who have publicly accused Trump of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexual misconduct, onto a nylon coach jacket. Limited Edition. 2020.

A DRESS / Address: Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016 - Ao Dai for Amanda Nguyen, transcribes the text of the red-line document of the congressional legislative bill passed unanimously in 2016, that Amanda Nguyen proposed and drafted. This language is incorporated into the form of a custom Ao Dai, the traditional dress of Vietnam. It was worn by Amanda Nguyen for The Survivors Fashion Show, organized by Rise, which was held at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC on September 10th, 2021. One Unique: 4-ply stretch silk + Edition of Three: stretch-crepe. Printed by Mimaki USA Inc. 2021 ( Design Coordination: Tim Nguyen, Ao Dai Prototype: Thai Nguyen, Graphics: Hilary Dupont ). A Fashion Show With an Unexpected Focus: Sexual Assault Survivors - The New York Times

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