42 x 24”
Silk ‘madras’ cloth, sequin factory waste
Madras cloth is closely associated with Ivy League dress, though its histories of production are often obscured. This work is presented in dialogue with Ralph Lauren’s flag sweater and all-plaid silhouettes—icons of an American visual language.
The work reflects on the artist’s time at Ralph Lauren, where she contributed to the design of these sweaters. It considers how textiles such as madras—once woven in India for colonial markets—continue to be extracted, translated, and recast, raising questions of labour, authorship, and appropriation.