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Fionna's experience working on machines at this point had taught her the importance of tools and organization. Pictured below is what i considered my fundamental tools for sewing. This page still brings me great peace to look at. It was this type of work that made me feel better while i was suffering the most, it brought about a sense of deep meaning and tangible order. The first task Fionna took on was defining wardrobe as a collection of clothes and what role needed to be s

ARISE FIONNA Fionna begins in 2022 with a new set of design books. She emerges as I turned 21 in early 2022. My life had changed in subtle though profound ways. I was no longer enrolled in university; I had dropped out the summer before. My boyfriend had been living with me for about a year now, and my life had become consumed by smoking weed and being with him. I felt like nothing more than a vessel for these two things. Arabella was confined to a single, small square dot bo

There was a time when Arabella was being consumed by visions of the outdoors and being outside indefinitely. The camp seamstress fixes hammocks and builds bags for equipment, tools, and general people stuff. Arabella began to imagine all she could create to optimize something like a camp setup, custom building storage on person and for bikes, backpacks, cars, etc. Some early original projects I made when I was getting into sewing as a teenager were jar bags. They were for pri

Towards the end of 2021, having just dropped out of university, I had a lot of Intellectual energy and time on my hands. Anxiety buzzed around me, what was I doing with my life? I began to make things from scratch and fixate on creating visual structures of information detailing the things I am curious about and want to make. The ways various processes are related. I let myself be consumed. In September, I officially made my first shirt, though I would not finish it. The inte

Arabella age 19, Morose Design Pg 6 January 30 2020. Grandmommy's Dress. 11b February 2020. Grandmommy's Dress My grandmother bestowed many pieces from her past to me. Some of them were many decades old. I liked the idea of modernizing clothes she would have worn at my age. As much as I was fascinated by them as relics, I was less concerned with preservation back then. I stopped using vintage pieces for projects as the realization of loss and destruction settled in. I’ve neve

Curtains and Pillows Projects October 20, 2019, Page 3 The first project of Arabella’s appears at age 18 in late 2019. A project where I sewed on a solid topper to a pair of curtains that I had in my room for many years after finishing them. Then, beaded the topper with things that were old and new. I still have some in my current bead box over five years later. They were of sheer material and cast a beautiful diffuse light through the windows in my room. It was a drastic shi

A disorganized wardrobe may reflect a warped understanding of reality. Chaos in wardrobe is a symptom of something that affects many aspects of a person’s life. December 2021, “Fix yo Shit” Pages 56-57 Are you tired of dragging your jeans through dogshit? Of looking frumpy and disheveled? Of sagging unintentionally? Fly embarrassment? Do you feel constricted or limited by your wardrobe? Captive? Like a slave to your laundry?    Like you’re not living up to your fullest potent

“First order of business is fixing what I already own, decide what I want to keep or discard, and order fabrics... how many jeans do I have? How many are priorities? Pickaway or donate?” From August 31, 2021 “ The Jean Project ” Page 41 a-c   4 are given away because they are too tight or too low. I decided to keep eleven by the end of this process of documenting them all. I have already altered 1, none of the rest fit me yet. I have a lot of work to do. This process continue

Wardrobe Theory from Design Book (beginning May 24, 2021) and thoughts March 16, 2022 First print April 29, 2022. Final begun October 30, 2025 In this last section of Arabella's Material Creations during the later half of 2021, I am focused on what I would consider an ideal wardrobe and what it would take to start building it. Mending and altering clothes is a constant. Where to source fabrics for quality, price, and accessibility is something I struggle with to this day. No

“Morose Design 2019-2021”  Dec 6, 2021 (cont. April 29 th  2022, October 30 th  2025)   The Deconstruction of Mandys Designs, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021, 18 years to 20   An 8” Square Spiral Rhodia Dot Book containing drawings and notes on projects of 2019-2021. Deconstructed and bound in April 2022. ARISE ARABELLA   These drawings are from another life that seems far away from me now. Over five years, a thousand miles and even more tears, Arabella is gone and all that is left is

Finalizing the Great Wardrobe Exodus of Summer 2024 I have just gone through my “lost projects” Bankers Box, full of various wardrobe...

Today is August 9 th , 2024, I am surrounded by forest in the heart of Virginia. I have begun shedding the life I dragged from the beach....

It’s mid-October in Austin TX, and it’s as hot as the average summer day in Virginia. I’m writing and compiling articles documenting the creation of an ideal wardrobe and what becomes of that. I have a long history of writing about this matter which spans hundreds of miles between. Many articles will be revisions of the past, focusing on what is constant through the years and distance. Articles on Wardrobe theory shall arise as they do, in order of my attention and natural fl

FORMAT  “ Title ”  {period original writings} (Published Date) Description. “ Wardrobe Articles Table of Contents ”  {October 2025} (October 10, 2025) This table describes the order and significance of each article under the “wardrobe Theory” blog category. Updated Oct 11 2025. “ Modern Wardrobe Journals and Commentary ” {October 2025} (Oct. 10 2025) A compilation of journals written during this period of manifesting my Wardrobe Visions. I want nothing more than to be epheme

Sacrifice of Time shows Meaning – Purpose Statement Assembling a wardrobe is like any other system, it requires time and patience to make...