Featured in the New York Times article What Will We Do With Our Masks Now? and the Art Exhibition Clothing as Disruptor Curated by Alva Greenberg, this wedding dress speaks to the importance of using clothing as a way to make life better and memorable, not only to look and feel your best. My inspiration for this gown was to use the work and time put into a wedding gown to be something that would, in turn, be useful  in addressing everyday needs of many. The design of the gown is in sections so the garment itself is not only versatile to the wearer but it also can address the greater issues of the world. 

From the Article:

“Students, too, contributed to the effort. Hannah Conradt, a senior at the Fashion Institute of Technology, had been sketching a wedding dress for a class project when the pandemic hit. “I lost all motivation to make a dress no one would wear,” Ms. Conradt said. “It felt so frivolous.”

So she started making masks from fabric scraps, which she shared with friends, family and her mail carrier. (“I’m a fast sewer,” she said.) When she returned to the wedding dress design, she added a very 2020 twist: a skirt formed by 50 masks on a cage crinoline base, which could be removed and worn if needed.”