Asata Maisé

A phone call between Alexandra Deutsch and the late André Leon Talley eventually led to my invitation to this installation. The opportunity to honor my lineage, the incomparable Anne Lowe, and the horticulturally obsessed H.F. DuPont was precisely what I needed in a self-inflicted creative ebb. Each garment, an ode to my grandmothers, allowed me to step out of the complacency of my comfort zone. Couture techniques forced me to slow down and appreciate capabilities otherwise taken for granted.