Everywhere I go I look for them and I buy them, she explains over Zoom.
I like to wear them.
The housedress is a little-thought-of style whose simplicity belies its history.
Photo: Courtesy of Cass Bird
Its this iconic piece of womens workwear, and its about domestic labor, she adds.
Mens workwear is so cool, and womens workwear is not at all, notes Hardy.
The housedress as we know it hails back to the early 1920s.
WithStudio Dress, Hardy has redone the traditional housedress as a piece of classic American workwear.
Although the housedress is no longer essential for home-based parents, its still ubiquitous.
Its a uniform, says Hardy.
WithStudio Dress, Hardy has redone the traditional housedress as a piece of classic American workwear.
Photo: Courtesy of Cass Bird
I have wanted to make a housedress for seven or eight years, she explains.
My core is riot grrrl, says Hardy.
I really leaned into this 90s gas-station-attendant aesthetic.
Photo: Courtesy of Cass Bird
Im hoping that this is a form I can repeat and that it will evolve.
I really leaned into the 90s gas-station-attendant aesthetic, and I had these patches made.
I feel like [Lyons is] sort of the staple fashion iconthe body, the high-fashion moment.
“I feel like [Lyons is] sort of the staple fashion icon—the body, the high-fashion moment. I want to say mannequin, but that’s not right. It’s this sort of perfection.”
I want to say mannequin, but thats not right.
Its this sort of perfection.
Studio Dresswill be on view and available atOCD Chinatownfrom October 3 to 6.
