“A Crying Wedding Dress”

Materials and Construction

One hundred percent reused Napa leather - not a single new hide. I collected it from old jackets, bags, and furniture, then cut it into irregular shapes and stitched them together into a patchwork that maps its own history. Scars, creases, and colour variations are left visible. Nothing is hidden.

The lining is pieced together from my mother's old T-shirts - cotton that still carries the shape of someone who wore it.

The Story Behind the Dress

The name came first. A crying wedding dress: a garment for a moment where joy and grief sit in the same room, wearing the same thing. I built it during my final year at Shenkar, cutting and sewing entirely alone. Where will you be, Mom, when I get married? That question lives inside this dress. The leather is the skin. The T-shirts are the memory. The tears are built into the structure.

Part of the "I Love You Mom" graduation collection, dedicated to my late mother Chani Galilee. Designed and sewn entirely by hand.

Presented at the Shenkar College of Design graduation show, 2024.