Faye McKeever - London based maker for fashion, stage & screen
STITCHED UP, LONDON
Dangerous Coats
Dangerous Coats
by Sharon Owens
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For common sense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition
Learn more about the Protest Banner Lending Library here
Listen to more Panic Shack here
For the final major project of my MA in Costume Design for Performance, I was inspired by this poem to create a coat made of pockets and sedition.
The style was inspired by a coat worn by my Grampy, which was handed down to my mum - a 1930s raglan sleeve overcoat. The pockets were filled with banners supporting different causes I care deeply about, which have since been donated to the Chicago Protest Banner Lending Library.
I wear this coat with pride to this day.
Check out my article here
Check out Catherine's book here
Published works
After releasing my short film onto YouTube, academic Catherine Harper reached out and asked me to write about my Dangerous Coats project for the journal Textile: Cloth and Culture.
My work was featured on the cover, and stills from my short film were printed alongside my article about the project.
Since then, I have co-authored a chapter in Catherine's book The Stained and Bloodied Cloths of Ireland.
I hope to continue to work with Catherine on further meaningful projects in the future.
