A Quote by William Gibson
We live in an age of seriously crap mass clothing. They've made a science of it.
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Well, from a young age we amassed quite an international archive of vintage clothing. This gave us the platform to begin experimenting with silhouette and understanding the cut and fit of clothing from around the world.
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Honestly, from a very young age, before I had the language, really - anywhere that I encountered binary, whether it was in clothing or in toys or in media, it always made me uncomfortable.
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Crap has always happened, crap is happening, and crap will continue to happen.
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