Bubble Wrap
Talia Abbe
Fashion Design (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- Bubble Wrap
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- 2024 Fashion Design MFA graduate thesis collection created by Talia Abbe. Presented on September 10, 2024 at 'Beyond: Design MFA Showcase.
- M.F.A. in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2024.
- Department: Fashion Design
- Artist's Statement
- Talia Abbe, a native of New York, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in textile and fashion design with a certificate in entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She then pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Abbe’s personal struggles with mental health inspired her to make a positive impact on others facing similar challenges. Her work centers around creating an inclusive and welcoming environment. While cognitive abstraction influences her prints, her voluminous designs and vibrant color palettes exude childlike playfulness.
- About This Collection:
- "Bubble Wrap" explores the positive and negative stimuli of an environment and how that affects an individual’s mental health. Cartoonlike shapes and neon colors derived from brain scans reflect the juxtaposed highs and lows of a manic episode. Areas where stressors affect the body are symbolically mapped with latex. Tight tailoring and bubble shapes coexist in a garment, much like the smothering nature of anxiety—the way it builds up and releases. This collection’s hyperbolic visuals seek to destigmatize mental health through humor and playfulness.
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: fd_mfa_000044
- Related Materials
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Beyond: Fashion Design MFA 2024 Graduate Showcase
Citation
Abbe, T. (2024). Bubble Wrap. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/396156
Abbe, Talia. Bubble Wrap. 2024. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/396156
Abbe, Talia. "Bubble Wrap." FIT Digital Repository, 2024. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/396156