"I made this vest [waistcoat] about a year ago… It was a prototype for a clothing line that hasn’t happened yet. It was a sample that I just haven’t really taken off since I made it… I wear it almost everyday. Even through the summer I wore it. I feel that I would be the most capable one to make a garment for myself, because I know how I want to use it. I know the materials I want to use and the climate I am using it in… 


After wearing it, I was like, this is functioning how I need it to… ‘though the jacket was originally intended to be reversible, but I found that the pockets are awkward when reversed… they go backwards. So, they function more as internal pockets, rather than external ones… I also made a second one with wool Melton because the quilting was too labour intensive… and I lengthened the back but I don’t know if I would keep that change.

[The shoulders] might not be entirely symmetrical. That wasn’t intentional. It was like a wabi sabi factor. I would maybe change the fabric, this is a silk cotton, it is pilling… I mean depends on its use. If I were to make it for myself, I would make in a different colour maybe I would change the collar. A hood. I would add a hood… very tactile on the body. I like that the hands cross [the vest] over, so the left hand always goes underneath, over the buttons. I guess it’s just a habit. The way I use it is ingrained."