{"id":5854,"date":"2009-07-09T10:10:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T15:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5854"},"modified":"2009-07-09T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T15:38:53","slug":"youre_wearing_t_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/09\/youre_wearing_t_1\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re wearing that&#8212; again?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"clear: both\">For the past two months, I&#8217;ve been checking out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/\">what Sheena Matheiken is wearing<\/a>. She wears the same thing every day, but then, she doesn&#8217;t really. (Huh?)<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/uniform_project.jpg\" class=\"image-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"linked-to-original\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/uniform_project-thumb.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"200\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what she&#8217;s doing i<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/home\/about.html\">n her own words<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote style=\"clear: both\"><p>Starting May 2009, I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how it works: There are 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week. Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies. Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade&#8217;s boudoir.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"clear: both\">There&#8217;s a remarkable simplicity in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/\">The Uniform Project<\/a>, as well as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2009\/07\/the-1-dress-sustainability-solution.html\">challenge<\/a>. (Check out those chains!) It&#8217;s also a fundraiser for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/home\/about_akanksha.html\">Akanksha Foundation&#8217;s School Project<\/a>, a Mumbai-based non-profit that funds uniforms and other educational expenses for slum children in India.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"clear: both\">As for her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/home\/about.html\">inspiration<\/a>, it&#8217;s the uniforms that kids in Indian public schools had to wear when she was growing up. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote style=\"clear: both\"><p>Despite the imposed conformity, kids always found a way to bend the rules and flaunt a little personality. Boys rolled up their sleeves, wore over-sized swatches, and hiked up their pants to show off their high-tops. Girls obsessed over bangles, bindis and bad hairdos. Peaking through the sea of uniforms were the idiosyncrasies of teen style and individual flare. I now want to put the same rules to test again, only this time I&#8217;m trading in the catholic school fervor for an eBay addiction and relocating the school walls to this wonderful place called the internet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"clear: both\">Girls and boys, if you&#8217;ve got some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/home\/accessories.html\">accessories<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniformproject.com\/home\/donate.html\">funds to spare<\/a>, let her know. In the meantime, check out her 69+ outfits, and counting! <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/js\/pap\/embed.js?news01n2b8aqa35\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<p><br class='final-break' style='clear: both' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two months, I&#8217;ve been checking out what Sheena Matheiken is wearing. She wears the same thing every day, but then, she doesn&#8217;t really. 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