The Dress as an artistic
and poetic medium.
An interdisciplinary project bringing together artists, designers, writers and performers.
Explore the projectsDress carries cultural, social and aesthetic meaning.
The project connects textile art, fashion, literature and theory through exhibitions, artist-led workshops and publications.
Its artists approach garments as forms of storytelling, exploring personal and collective experiences through textiles, sculpture, performance and writing.
Read about the project at Always Tomorrow
Geranienhaus · Schloss Nymphenburg
The exhibition presented 19 works across sculpture, fashion, textiles, installation, painting and print, arranged as a continuous installation of dresses suspended from scaffolding.
Artists, writers and fashion designers contributed a dress and a text for the accompanying publication, edited by Jessica Lim.
Review by Lottie McCrindell · The Costume Society
Staffordshire St · Word Club
The London launch of the second issue of Dress Poetics brought together artists from the first and second editions for a reading.
24 July 2026 · 7–10pm
Mahsa Saloor, Isabel Castro Jung, Fauness, Jess Zamora-Turner, Lottie McCrindell, Rose Higham-Stainton, Cat Feliciano, Lou Willmott, Jeff Wallner, Jessica Lim, Leila Kelley, Emily Platzer.
Event at Staffordshire St
Always Tomorrow · Detroit Month of Design
Local and international artists and designers explore dress through themes of identity, memory, labour and care.
2 September–4 October 2026
Opening: 2 September · 6–8pm
Bella Kiser, Belle Santos, Cassandra Mayela Allen, Cat Feliciano & Lilac, Cristin Richard, Dessislava Terzieva, Franziska König, Gabriela Gutiérrez, Hanna Klingseisen, Hannah Schmutterer, Hira Khan, Jessica Lim, Jonathan Penca, Katarina Sylvan, Katrina Santa Ana-Jose, Kiwi Phong Nguyen, Madeleine Famurewa, Mariam Ezzat, Megumi Shauna Arai, Sarah Doerfel, Taylor Childs.
Exhibition at Always TomorrowSchloss Nymphenburg · 2025
Staffordshire St · 24 July 2026
2 September–4 October 2026
First publication · 2025
The Munich exhibition was accompanied by a publication of the contributors’ texts, edited by poet Jessica Lim.
Second publication · 2026
The second issue of Dress Poetics launched at Staffordshire St in London on 24 July 2026.
Publication launch · Staffordshire St
Part of Dress Poetics, Munich · 2025
