A Dinner Date at Woodstock 1999

DDIINNNNEERR DDAATTEE AATTCHEZ WOODSTOCK

AND OTHER FAIRY TALES OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

THRILLING STORIES FROM THE WILDERNESS:

DANCE OF THE BANDITSA SEASON TO REMEMBER

A GIRLS NIGHT OUT #2NATURE IS CALLING

THE PREAMBLE TO THEWILDERNESS &

CEREMONY OF CLOTHES

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DDIINNNNEERR DDAATTEE AATTCHEZ WOODSTOCK

AND OTHER FAIRY TALES OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

THRILLING STORIES FROM THE WILDERNESS:

DANCE OF THE BANDITSA SEASON TO REMEMBER

A GIRLS NIGHT OUT #2NATURE IS CALLING

THE PREAMBLE TO THEWILDERNESS &

CEREMONY OF CLOTHES


SETH SHAPIRO’SAMERICAN MANUFACTURING

A DINNER DATE AT CHEZ WOODSTOCK

WINTER 2002

THE COLLECTIONS PRESENTED IN THIS BOOKLETCAN BE VIEWED AT

http://www.sethshapiro.com

INQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT

[email protected]



by Liz Bougotsos


THE GREEN-GHETTO: WHEN NATURE RECLAIMS ITSPLACE...WHERE ONCE THERE WERE ONLY BUILDINGS MADE

OF STONE NOW THERE ARE BIRDS AND TREES SINGING

OK


Introduction to

the WILDERNESS

Chapter 1: The Dance Of The Bandits

Notes for a New Company

Chapter 2: A Season To Remember (Autumn 1999)

RE: A QUALITY DEFINED AND INTRODUCTION TO A PLAY: When ex-factory workers aroundthe world inspire a mass exodus from work and a world crisis (a shortage of clothes)

ensues...

Chapter 3A Girls Night Out #2 (Spring 2000)

A young boy enters the deep woods and stumbles upon a band of women who transformthemselves into wolves. He in turn is transformed into a fairy prince :>{)!

Chapter 4Nature Is Calling (Fall 2000)

An irresistible force...in praise of the wilderness and wildness....romantic caravan- ning, homesteading, and the grassroots movement. Re-enactment of the 'Lost' Colony.

Chapter 5The Preamble To The Wilderness (Spring 2001)

A young boy eager to possess a beautiful wild stallion near the River Rhone ultimately wins his confidence, tames him, and rides off with him into the sea...

Chapter 6The Ceremony Of Clothes, Universe & Stars: A

Gathering at the Cimarron (Fall 2001)

When word gets out of a gathering on the Cimarron, a mythical force ignites a mass exodusfrom the city.

The Final ChapterWhat’s in a Name?

A DINNER DATE ATCHEZ WOODSTOCK

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THE WILDERNESS

T h e W i l d e r n e s s i s e v e r y w h e r e . I tl a y s i n - b e t w e e n t h e c r a c k s o f

t h e c i t y a n d g r o w s l i k e w e e d i nt h e n i g h t ; i t m a n i f e s t s i t s e l f i n

l o v e r s w h e r e p a s s i o n i n v e n t s t h e l a n -g u a g e u n d e r w h i c h t h e s t a t e w i l l b u c k -l e a n d f a l l ; a n d i t ’ s i n v e s t m e n t sb u r i e d d e e p w i t h i n m u s i c , i m p o s s i b l et o s u p p r e s s o r k e e p b e h i n d b a r s . F o r

t h e s e a r e t h e b e g i n n i n g s , a s i ne v e r y n e w b e g i n n i n g , w h e n

n a t u r e r e v e a l s i t s e l f a n d i n d u l g e s i n s p o n t a n e o u s a c t i v i t y. . .C h i l d r e n t u r n o v e r t h e p a r a d i g m a n d b e c o m e t e a c h e r s , f a c t o r yw o r k e r s t r a n s f o r m t h e m s e l v e s i n t o t h e i r o w n i m a g e o f b e a u t ya n d a b a n d o n w o r k , w o m e n r e t u r n t o a p r i m o r d i a l s t a t e t o r i dt h e w o r l d o f w i c k e d n e s s , E u r o p e a n s & N a t i v e A m e r i c a n s u n i t et o d e f e n d t h e w i l d e r n e s s f r o m s u b j u g a t i o n , a n d a l o v e a f f a i rb e t w e e n a b o y a n d h i s h o r s e i s t h e r o o t s t o c k f o r a n e w s o c i e t y‘ a s b e a u t i f u l a n d f r e e a s t h e s t a r s t h a t s h i n e a b o v e t h eA r i z o n a D e s e r t . ’ T h e s e s t o r i e s a r e d e c i s i v e l y A M E R I C A NM A N U FA C T U R I N G .

“ A D I N N E R D AT E AT C H E Z W O O D S T O C K ” i s t h e f o l l o w - u pt o t h e c l a s s i c l i b e r a t i o n f r o m s a d n e s s m a n i f e s t o , “ A F a s h i o n -E v e n t f o r F a s h i o n W e e k ” ( P u b . 1 9 9 4 ) . I t i s a c o l l e c t i o n o f s t o -r i e s t h a t c o m e s t o l i f e w h e n t w o p e o p l e m e e t f o r w h a t w i l l n o wb e k n o w n a s a f i c t i o n a l d a t e , i n a f i c t i o n a l r e s t a u r a n t , s e t i n am y s t i c a l p l a c e s o m e w h e r e b e y o n d b o r e d o m a n d f a s c i n a t i o n .W h e t h e r t h e s e e v e n t s a r e i m a g i n e d o r r e a l t h e y f o r m t h e b a s i sf o r t h e c o l l e c t i o n s a n d s h o w s p r e s e n t e d b y A M f r o m 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 1o f w h i c h t h i s b o o k s e r v e s a s a m e m e n t o .



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A NIGHT OF STARS ON THE RIVER CIMARRON C-H-A-P-T-E-R 1THE DANCE OF THE BANDITSNotes For A New Company

IN A LAND JUST BEYOND THE IMAGINATION WHERE NO ONE HAD DARED TO

GO THERE LIVED A STRANGER WHOSE NAME WAS 'SHADOW'.

MANY FORBIDDING STORIES WERE TOLD ABOUT SHADOW AND LIKE THE BOO-GIE MAN HE WAS SAID TO BE A CREATURE WITH ABOMINABLE FEATURES; AVICTIMLESS LONER, UNCONTROLLABLE, FREE AND, WILD.

HOWEVER, CHILDREN HAD THEIR OWN STORIES TO TELL AND WERE OFTEN

VERY CURIOUS ABOUT SHADOW. AT NIGHT WHILE EVERYONE WAS SLEEPING

THEY WOULD SNEAK OUT OF THEIR PARENTS’ HOMES IN AN EFFORT TO FIND

HIM. THE ‘TASK’ WAS DIFFI-CULT. ONE THAT BEGAN BY

SWIMMING ACROSS

THE RIVER SET UP

WITH BARRICADES

AND PERUSING IN

UNKNOWN

TERRITORY.FROM THESE

DARING JOUR-NEYS RARELY DID ANY

ONE RETURN AND IT

WAS OFTEN SAID THAT

‘MISSING CHILDREN’WERE KIDNAPPED BY

SHADOW.

A VERY SERIOUS EPI-DEMIC CALLED THE

‘LONELY PARENTS’ SYN-DROME LITERALLY

SWEPT THROUGH THE

CITY: WHEN PARENTS WERE SEPA-RATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN THEY WOULD

TURN INTO A FRENZY AND BRAVE THE LIMITS OF

THE HORIZON TO RECLAIM THEIR YOUNG.

THE FIRST BOUNTY OF CONCERNED PARENTS WAS AWESTRUCK BY THE MAG-NIFICENCE OF THE THE LAND THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE WHERE SHADOW

LIVED. DESIRING TO CLAIM IT FOR THEMSELVES THEY SET UP PERMANENT

CAMPS. GREED BROUGHT MANY MORE AND SOON IT BECAME SO CROWDED

THAT EVERYONE LOST THEIR MINDS. NO ONE COULD MAKE ANY SENSE OF

THE SITUAION OR WHY THEY HAD COME AND SO A WAR BROKE OUT AMONGST

THEM TO REFLECT THE SURROUNDING CRAZINESS. BUT THIS WAS NO ORDI-NARY WAR - ONE THAT WAS FOUGHT WITH TRADITIONAL ARMS - THIS WAR

WAS FOUGHT WITH SYMBOLS WHICH WERE THOUGHT TO UNIFY THE PEOPLE

AND WIN BACK SELF-AWARENESS.


(THE FINAL CHAPTER:-))WWHHAATT’’SS IINN AA NNAAMMEE??

BORN FROM A DESIRE TO CREATE A REGIONALISTAMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, THE NAME AMERICANMANUFACTURING* IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NATIVEAMERICANS, THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT (DECENTRAL-IZATION, ENVIRONMENT, ETC.), THE HUDSON VALLEY, ANDCOSMIC AMERICAN MUSIC AND TAKES A MUCH NEEDEDAND DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO TURN AWAY FROM LARGECENTRALIZED AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO THEPERSUASION OF CONSENSUS AND TO INTELLECTUALATROPHY AND SEEKS TO "ELECTRIFY" THE FRONTIER INSEARCH OF NEW, EXCITING, DRAMATIC, AND UNIQUELYAMERICAN IMAGES...

SINCE THERE ARE NO ACTUAL FRONTIERS LEFT, EACHSEASON, WE ARE BROUGHT THROUGH A METAPHYSICALJOURNEY WHERE THE EARTH, TREES AND, ANIMALS AREUSED AS WORDS IN DESCRIBING A LANGUAGE THAT ISMORE REPRESENTATIONAL RATHER THAN ACTUAL.WHERE THE "WILDERNESS" IS IN OUR HEARTS RATHERTHAN A PHYSICAL PLACE WE HAVE NOT YET VISITED. A"SIGNATURE" THAT WE CAN RELATE TO BUT DO NOT YETHAVE WORDS FOR AND A "QUALITY" THAT IS OBJECTIVEAND PRECISE BUT CANNOT BE NAMED FOREVER MORE.

S O M A N Y S Y M B O L S W E R E D E P L O Y E D T H AT T H E I R

' U S E ' B E C A M E I N E F F E C T U A L A N D T H E WA R S O O N

E N D E D I N VA I N . N O O N E B E C A M E T H E V I C T O R A N D

T H E E M P T I N E S S D I D N O T C E A S E B U T WA S I N S T E A D

R E I N F O R C E D . T H I S G AV E WAY F O R A N E W K I N D O F

P R O B L E M T O E M E R G E . . . T H E L A N D T H E Y T H O U G H T

O N C E B E A U T I F U L WA S N O W C O M P L E T E LY O V E R -

R U N B Y S Y M B O L S . F O R T H AT WA S A L L T H AT

R E M A I N E D , I T S N AT U R A L B E A U T Y H A D L O N G S I N C E

G O N E AWAY.

I N T H E T R A N S I E N T T O W N O F T H E ‘ L O N E LY

C R O W D S , ’ A L L T H AT C O U L D B E D O N E WA S T H E

E V E RY D AY R E N E WA L A N D R E M A K I N G F R O M T H E

S P O I L S O F T H E WA R O F S Y M B O L S . S I N C E N O O N E

WA S R E A L LY S U R E A S T O H O W T H E Y C A M E T O B E ,

A G R E AT D I S P U T E R A G E D A M O N G S T T H E M . T H E

TA S K T O D E C I P H E R T H E S I G N S E N G A G E D A L M O S T

E V E RY O N E B U T B E C A U S E N O O N E C O U L D A G R E E

O N I T ’ S M E A N I N G , B E C A U S E I T WA S I M P O S S I B L E

T O U N D E R S TA N D A N D , B E C A U S E M E A N I N G C O M E S

A N D G O E S A N D M U LT I P L I E S ( P U T T I N G T H E M

T O G E T H E R A N D S L I C I N G T H E M A PA R T, C R E AT E D

M O R E M E A N I N G . ) L I F E WA S H E LT E R S K E LT E R .


A NIGHT OF STARS ON THE RIVER CIMARRON

ANTHROPOLOGICAL


STRATEGIES

FAR-REACHING IDEALS MEET CAREFUL AND OBTAINABLE RESOURCES.

VERY EXPENSIVE AND LUXURIOUS FABRICS STITCHED TO CAREFULLY

PICKED HOMESPUN FABRICS TO CREATE A QUILTING EFFECT OF DIVERSE

AND SURPRISING COMBINATIONS. CUTS ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE

EVENING. EVENING LENGTH FLOUNCE TULIP-LINED DRESSES, MULTI-

TIERED LAYERING, JUMPERS, AND SHAPELESS WAISTS. LARGE HATS

WITH BLOOMING SATIN BOWS OR TURKEY FEATHERS THAT REMIND US

OF THE FRONTIER AND A HINT OF SPAIN TO ADD A BIT OF FESTIVE FLA-

VOR AND SURPRISE. COLORS: RICH REDS AND BROWN EARTH

TONES, VARIABLE COLUMNAR BLOCKING, HUGE GINGHAM PLAID WITH A

BURST OF FLORAL PRINTS LIKE IN THE DESERT, TWEED WITH RICH SILK

VELVET BLOCKING, VERY RICH AND LUXURIOUS FABRICS STITCHED TO

VERY CHEAP ONES CREATING NEW AND UNEXPECTED COMBINATIONS OF

COLORS. HAIR & MAKEUP IDEAS: A YOUNG LADY ENTERS HER MOTH-

ER’S BOUDOIR AND SITS IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR. SHE ATTEMPTS

TO EMULATE THE ELEGANCE AND GRACE BUT THEN IS INSTEAD

HUMOROUSLY DISAPPOINTED.

DISASSOCIATING, INDEPENDENT, SELF-VALIDATING, WILD &, FREE. FAR-REACHING, ESSEN-TIAL, IMMEDIATE &, IDEAL. THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT SUPRISE EVERY AM DRESS!

In the future Broadway turns into a canal, the development of ClevelandSquare is won in a lottery that is open to children, Central Park turns into a trailer

park, and there will be more public bathrooms and dancing in the streets...


CH*APT*ER 6

THE CEREMONY OF CLOTHES, UNIVERSE & STARS:A GATHERING AT THE CIMARRON (FALL 2001)

WHEN WORD GETS OUT OF A GATHERING DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN MOST END OF THE

CIMARRON- A RIVER THAT FLOWS IN THE WEST AND RACES THROUGH ARIZONA- A

MYTHICAL FORCE INCITES A MASS EXODUS FROM THE CITY. IN PURSUIT OF THEIR LIBER-

ATION (I.E. WILD EX-FACTORY WORKERS TURNED LOOSE), WHILE REMEMBERING THEIR

LESSONS IN ART, MUSIC, AND FASHION “COMMUNICATIONS” AND REALIZING THAT THEY

HAD BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY POVERTY AND ENSLAVED BY THE CITIES, THEY ENVI-

SIONED A STYLE THEY HAD NEVER DARED TO BEFOREHAND. WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO

LOSE EXCEPT THE ABILITY TO GAIN BACK THEIR PERSONAL FREEDOM AND LIBERATION?

TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT MORE EFFECTIVELY, THEY RECITE A SCENE FROM THE

MOVIE GONE WITH THE WIND- WHEN SCARLET O’HARA, REALIZING SHE HAS NOTHING

TO WEAR BECAUSE HER LIFE HAD BEEN TRAGICALLY RUINED BY WAR, PULLS DOWN THE

VELVET CURTAINS, (HER ONLY REMNANTS OF A CIVILIZED LIFE), AND IN A MOMENT OF

REBELLIOUS INSPIRATION MAKES A DRESS IN DEFIANCE OF HER SITUATION. FOR SHE

WAS GOING TO MEET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND SHE WAS NOT GOING IN RAGS. THE

CONQUEST OF A PERSONAL AND LIBERATED STYLE, NO MATTER HOW CRAZY, WAS FOR

HER THE ULTIMATE STATUS SYMBOL.


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T H E N F R O M T H E M O U N TA I N S C A M E A G R O U P O FM A S K E D B A N D I T S TO S AV E T H E D AY. T H AT I S ,T H E Y L O O K E D L I K E B A N D I T S A N D T H E Y S O U N D E DL I K E B A N D I T S B U T A L L T H E Y D I D WA S D A N C E .

T H E Y W O U L D C A L L T H E P R E S S H O U S E S A N D I N T H E ‘ C R O W D -E D R O O M S ’ O N LY P E R F O R M E D T H E I R D A N C E . AT F I R S T, P E O -P L E W E R E R E A L LY B E W I L D E R E D B Y T H E D A N C I N G . B U T T H ED A N C I N G P E R S I S T E D . T H I S G E N E R AT E D A N N O YA N C E .E V E RY T H I N G P O S S I B L E WA S D O N E TO D I S C R E D I T T H E M . . .F R U I T S A N D V E G E TA B L E s W E R E T H R O W N , B A D W O R D S U S E D ,E T C . B U T T H E M O R E T H E Y W E R E C U R S E D T H E M O R E T H E YF E LT A N E E D TO WA LT Z , TA P, J A Z Z , S A L S A , TA N G O , F O X -T R O T, R U M B A , C H A C H A C H A …

T H E D A N C I N G O C C U R R E D W H E N E V E R A N D W H E R E V E R T H E R EWA S A N A U D I E N C E A N D W H E N T H E Y W E R E N O T D A N C I N G T H E YM A D E C O S T U M E S TO E N H A N C E T H E I R D A N C I N G ( T H U S ,S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E I R B E L I E F A N D F O R M I N G A L A N G U A G ET H E Y C O U L D U S E ) . S O O N , T H E D A N C I N G O C C U P I E D A L L T H EP E O P L E S ’ M I N D S A N D I T WA S D I F F I C U LT TO T H I N K A B O U TA N Y T H I N G E L S E . S O M E D E C I D E D TO J O I N T H E M A N D F O U N DT H E Y W E R E H AV I N G A L O T O F F U N A N D T H E Y F O R G O T H O WL O N E LY T H E Y W E R E . M O R E P E O P L E J O I N E D T H E M A N D T H E NE V E N M O R E . S H A D O W A P P E A R E D A M O N G T H E M B U T B E F O R EA N Y O N E C O U L D R AT H I M O U T A L L T H E P E O P L E O F T H E V I L -L A G E H A D A L R E A D Y B E G U N R E J O I C I N G I N D A N C E A N D S O N G .

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“Serenity” by Rita Ackerman

But the little fisher boy paid no heed to the herder or hismen who already had lied so to him. With White Mane he

disappeared into the waves before the eyes of the men.They swam for a long, long time. And White Mane, who

was endowed with great strength, carried Folco to a beauti-ful isle where children and horses are always friends.


It all began with an idea for a play...

.When an elegant lady entered 'Rainbow Fashion' to pick up the clothes she had ordered, A receivingfactory woman is awestruck, unable to look at such a perfect and elegant lady. But when this aweturns to loathing she races to the bathroom and pukes. When the other factory women notice this,they all follow her in what might be called “a puking orgy.”. What happens next is the sudden realization of collectivization. In an uprooting moment, thewomen piss off their boss and vow never to make clothes for other people again and to makeclothes 'for them-selves.' (If beauty is magical power, then you should only give the secrets of thispower to people you like)..

Now there is a worrisome transition they have to make. That is, they have to make the difficult tran-sition from making other people beautiful to making themselves beautiful. What kind of beauty is pos-sible in the overworked and rundown minds of the ex-factory slaves-turned loose, starving and free?In Cinderella, there is a grand delusion on the part of the heroin. She imagines that pumpkins turninto a carriage, but pumpkins do not really turn into carriages. She believes that rats turn into maleservants, but rats never turn into footmen. And then she imagines the glass slipper. What is a glassslipper? It is invisible. But we are convinced that these things are real. That is because while she ismaking the desired transformation so are we. Through play, the ladies make the transformation. Andthrough play, they nurture and learn new values and participate in the making of a new language,which is the clothes they are maKing.

.

Play is similar to 'quality' in that it is the formal aspect of any design consideration.In that sense it is a structure, it teaches us, it forms patterns in our minds. It's theultimate transmitter of ideas. If there is no play there is no design. What we seenow is anti-play, which is design that tries to influence behavior and although weagree on particular designs, since there is no integral relationship, people meetwithout touching and overcrowding results in isolation, contempt, and impersonal-ity. So through play we are looking for a deep and integral relationship. Choice offabric or a line cannot define it. It is also not the transference of the human spir-it, as in artistic clothing. It is defined by the relationships between people. .

THE IDEA

Background Sketch By Sadie Laska

C-H-A-P-T-E-R 2A SEASON TO REMEMBER (FALL 1999)

When the great stallion could travel again,Folco tried to slip quietly onto his back. ButWhite Mane was a wild horse and could notbear to be mounted. So he kicked, bucked,

threw Folco, tore the halter and ran away, againleaving the one being whom he really believed

to be a true friend.

He may have longed to rejoin the wild horses,but the horse herder and his henchmen veryquickly spied him and took out after him inpursuit. The herders counted on getting him

back from the small cavalier.

Now they felt certain of capturing the horse andthe child who was directing its course straighttoward the Rhone, the river with the impassa-

ble current.

White Mane preferred throwing himself intothe river to being taken captive by the men

whom he despised.

The current was carrying White Mane and thechild: and the herder, filled with remorse, cried,

“Come back, little fellow! I’ll give you yourhorse! He’s yours! Come back! Only come

back!”


Folco, moving soundlessly among the white blossomsthat covered the waterways, suddenly came upon

White Mane. Never had he seen a horse so beautifulor so wild. He approached him quietly, scarcely

breathing, just as he did when he was going to snarea big fish.

Then quickly he tossed a rope around the stallion’sneck, and White Mane, infuriated, bounded away at a

gallop, dragging the poor little fisher boy after him.

Finally White Mane stopped and he saw the littlesavage, covered with mud, looking at him in the

friendliest fashion. And when Folco had picked him-self up and approached him, White Mane permitted

himself to be caressed for the first time.

If White Mane loved the little fisher boy, he lovedgalloping off with the other horses even more. Andwhen he heard their whinnying he could not resistthe summons. He reared up before the astonished

children, tore his halter and broke through the barri-cade Folco had taken the precaution to set up.

White Mane was wounded. Blood trickled down hisforeleg. He licked it but the blood continued to flow.

Then he thought of his little friend, the fisher boy.And when Folco and his little brother, both of whombelieved White Mane had left them, saw him return-

ing, they cried for joy, so happy they were to havehim back. And they gave him such loving care that

White Mane recovered quickly.

For the wild women to play successfully, they needed tofind a place where they can be free to 'play' without hin-drance or obtrusion. They needed a place outside of 'thelaw.' A place freed from the yoke of (delineated) time.This leads them to the underground. That is where theylearn to play. As time passes, the unusual nature of theirrelationship/experience creates remarkable clothes thatget them noticed. Children all around the world romanti-cize and idolize the factory workers like they were rockstars. Surprisingly, their activities bring upon a 'worldcrises' (a 'world shortage' of clothes), as factory workersaround the world join in a mass exodus from work.

Since there are no more beautiful clothes except the onesworn by the women who make them, the elegant ladies arenow in rags. Bribes are offered, higher wages for a returnto work...to no avail. The shameless elegant rag ladies tryto form their own wild underground....to no avail. So theycall the cops. Stating that these activities are "a threat toour way of life" and “to our very existence.” “Make them“go back to work." Since the elegant ladies virtually ownthe police they agree. When news of an impending raidspreads underground, an action is organized, a city-wideparty to burn the liberated wild women’s clothes. For onething, if they were separated from the clothes, the clotheswould no longer have meaning. And another, if the elegantladies got their hands on the clothes you may as well justmurder them. But, before the bonfires begin, a so-calleddesigner sneaks by to steal the clothes. This is the story ofhow he started American Manufacturing.


A DASH OF PATCHOULLI,SOFT AND INNOCENT AS

LEAVES AND WINTER

BERRIES; ROSEMARY, SAGE,OKRA, MORE TENDER THAN

WILD OAK AND MUSHROOMS;TRUFFLES, CINNAMON

STICKS, CLOVES, SANDAL-WOOD, AND JELLYBEANS AS

FRAGRANT AS THE SUMMER’SHEAT; TWO DESSERT SPOONS

OF WILD OATS, 1 CUP PENNY-WORT HERB, 600 ML OF

VODKA, A SMALL HANDFUL OF

CRUSHED LEAVES, THREE

TBSP. CRUSHED SAW PAL-METTO BERRIES AND ELDER

FLOWERS, SPO-K E N

L I K E

CAVES

A N D

WINTER

BERRIES .. .

BONE BY BONE, HAIR BY HAIR,WILDNESS COMES BACK.THROUGH NIGHT DREAMS,THROUGH EVENTS HALF UNDER-STOOD AND HALF REMEM-

BERED, WILDNESS COMESBACK. SHE COMES

BACK THROUGHSTORY.

Synopsis: a young man enters the forest and discovers a band of womenwho transforms themselves into wolves. If such an occasion were to arise,if primordial restoration returns in such a deliberate & intentional way, onemust ask, what are the possibilities of one's own transformation?

CHApTER 3

HOW THEY BECAME WOLVES

*DESCENDENT BEINGS * WITCHCRAFT * NATURAL MAGIC *

In the south of France where the Rhone tumblesinto the sea, there is a desert-like bit of land called

the “Camargue,” inhabited by herds of wild horses.

Folco, who was a friend of all animals, and himself alittle unspoiled savage, lived not far away in a little

white hut in the swamps.

On a particular day, as on every morning, while hisgrandfather mended the nets and his younger brothers

played in the sun, he set out in his little boat to fish.

“Fisherboy” by Rita Ackermann


C*H*A*P*T*E*R 3

THE PPREAMBLE TTO THE WWILDERNESS(SPRING 2001)

ACT I - FANTASY OF THE CIRCLE

Wolf/Woman #1 Bianca from NEW YORK MODEL

Bianca is wearing a DEAD LEAF cotton can-vas single-breast jacket with multi-placementself-covered button-appliques with matchingsilk hobotai lining (J01) over a SWAMP silkcrepe-de-chine l/sleeve front yoke dress (D01). She is acces-sorized with a raw hide waistband with tree bead trimmings and bandanna withsemi- precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #2 Eunis from NEW YORK MODEL

Eunis is wearing an EVERGREEN 4-ply silk overlay dress that is buttoned at thewaist side front with self-gathered shoulder emphasis and drawstring

sleeves (D03) over a SULFUR silk hobotai tailored bodysuit (B03).She is accessorized with a tree bead trimmings and a bandannamade with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #3 Kirstin Pieters from NEW YORK MODEL

Kirsti is wearing an AUTUMN MAPLE silk chiffon double-facerobe dress with shawl collar, drop sleeves and, metal waist fas-tener (D02) over a VERDIGRIS silk charmeuse tailored body-suit (BO1). She is accessorized with tree bead trimmings and abandanna made with semi-precious stones.

WOLF/WOMAN #4 Leah Wagner from WOMAN MANAGEMENT

Leah is wearing a MELON colored silk crepe-de-chine drape waist dressaccentuated with kitty-cornered ribbon beads and puff sleeves (D05) over aROSE PETAL silk charmeuse chinoise bodysuit (B05).

Wolf/Woman #5 Janelle from FORD

Janelle is wearing a POLLEN silk crepe-de-chine halter dress with drip waist low-ered yoke hang and self-buttoned closure at side hip (D06) and accessorizedwith a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #6 Nicola Vassel from NEXT

Nicola is wearing a DENIM FEATHER silk chiffon plaited drop neck-to-waist dress (D04) over aBIRCH BARK mock leno cotton tailored bodysuit with petal sleeves (B04). She is accessorizedwith a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

www.sethshapiro.com


ACT II - LET GO

Wolf/Woman #7 Micki Olin from FORD

Micki is wearing a TOOTH BLOOD silk crepe-de-chine caftan with boatneck and bowler sleeves (D09) and a hat made from straw and human hair. Her

look is completed with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #8 Verginie from T MANAGEMENT

Verginie is wearing a FLESH COLORED silk double georgette tank dress pullover with front plaiting at c.f. drop point and elasticized back waist detailedwith ribbon string (D06) over a BIRCH BARK naturally grown cotton cham-bray with petal sleeves (B10) and ROSEWOOD double silk charmeusetrousers (P01). She is accessorized with a bandanna made with semi-pre-cious stones.

Wolf/Woman #9 Marianne Schroder from New York Models

Rakel is wearing a DANDELINE cotton tailored bodysuit (J04) beneath aCRYSTAL GEYSER silk crepe-de-chine cowl waist skirt (S03). she is acces-sorized made with a bandanna with semi-preciousstones.

Wolf/Woman #10 Kimberly from FORD

Kimberly is wearing an ALGAE cotton canvas self enclosed sheathingwith self covered c.f. applique with matching silk hobotai lining(J02 ) and matching skirt with cowl waist (S04). She is acces-sorized with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #11 Jessica Joffe from NEXT

Jessica is wearing a CELESTIAL silk crepe-de-chine princess dresswith double sleeve emphasis and self-gathered waist with matching silkhobotai lining (D07). Her look is completed with a bandanna made withsemi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #12 Catherine from NEW YORK MODEL

Marianne is wearing a CANTELOPE cotton canvas tailoredbodysuit (J03) beneath a PICKLE PINK silk crepe-de-chine

suspended skirt with double up side vents (S02) her look iscompleted with a bandanna made with semi-precious

stones.

Wolf/Woman #13 Rakel from IMG

Catherine is wearing a BUTTERNUT NUT SQUASH silk crepe-de-chine dress made with triple inverted pleats, applied waist hanky

and, x9 self covered buttoned cuffs (D08). Her look is completed with a bandannamade with semi-precious stones.

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FOUNDED 1999

ACT ZERO

Wolf/Woman #14 Tasmin from IMG

Tasmin is wearing a DEAD FLESH block linen suitingw/double up fold trousers with full size legs and largecuffs (JO5, P02). She has on additionally, a silk cov-ered raw hide waistband.

WOLF/WOMAN #15 Kaefrom NEXT

Kae is wearing a STONEBLOCK linen bodice with leg-

of-mutton sleeves and flounce skirt made from DEADFLESH silk chiffon.

WOLF/WOMAN #15 Vanessa Novotny from MARILYN

Vanessa is wearing FLIGHT OF THE IMAGINATIONblock linen flounce bodysuit with quadruple size treebeading banded around her waist. Her look is complet-ed with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

ACT IV THE PAGEANTRY

WOLF/WOMAN #17 Rie from ELITE

Rie is wearing a BASALT ONE raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #18 Josli from ELITE

Josli is wearing a BASALT TWO raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #19 Malvina from IMG

Malvina is wearing a BASALT THREE raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #20 Lisa Davies from FORD

Lisa is wearing a NATURAL cotton canvas peasantry robe over a black wool fullyenclosed modesty jacket and she is accessorized with beaded jewelry made byMended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #21 Ana Marie from FORD

Ana Marie is wearing a BASALT FOUR raw silk one-sleeve monk robe over anUNREFINED silk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from rawhide and she is accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.


THE FINALETHE WOLF/WOMAN #22 Eunis from NEW YORK MODEL

For the finale, Eunis is wearing a CLOVER silk chiffon multi-layer, multi-tierflounce chemise with a denim skirt with double up side vents and a bandan-

na quilt. Holding her hand is the man transformed: the fairy-prince, SethShapiro, is wearing a CLOVER silk chiffon cape and bandannas on the wristand neck and MOSS colored velveteen pantalets elasticized below the knee.

!!!MAN TRANSFORM

ED!!!

!!!MAN TRANSFORM

ED!!!

!!!!M

ANTR

ANSFORMED!!!

For a tambourine with your face painted on it email yourrequest to: [email protected] (This service provided by the artist Sharon Lea Anderson)


In 1585, the first attempts at European settlement of America began underQueen Elizabeth I. Led by Sir Walter Raleigh, a group of artists, musicians,and philosophers landed on Roanoke Island in order to prepare the wilder-ness for colonization. The first successful colony followed under the leader-ship of John White, who returned to England for supplies soon after its estab-lishment. War with Spain interfered, and White was unable to return until1590. When he returned, the colonists had disappeared. The only clues of thecolony's fate were the letters "CRO"carved into a tree and the word

"CROATOAN" found on a post.The ultimate fate of the Lost Colony

remains a mystery.

One theory suggests they took refuge withfriendly Native Americans on nearby

Croatoan Island and eventually incorporatedinto the tribe and disappeared. This theory

gained credence in the latter part of the 19thCentury, when a large group of Native Americans

with European features claimed they were descendantsof the vanished colonists and the Croatoan people.

However, these claims of ancestry cannot be substantiated.

Others believe that by the union of the two races came about theorigins of piracy, when pirates sold themselves to the crown to

fight piracy, a newer group known as buccaneer, emerged to defendAmerica's home-front from European Settlement and influence…

OUR PLAYLIST:

1. THE KINKS - ANIMAL FARM 2. BIG STAR - JESUS CHRIST3. MC5 - RAMBLIN' ROSE 4. MAHALIA JACKSON - COME ON CHILDREN, LET'S SING 5. BIG STAR - BLUE MOON 6. BEATLES - HELTER SKELTER 7. BLUE CHEER - BABYLON 8. BLACK SABBATH - SWEET LEAF 9. SUPREME DICKS - BLUE ELEPHANT10. CLINIC - MONKEY ON YOUR BACK 11. ROYAL TRUX - LAWMAN 12. CAT POWER - AMERICAN FLAG 13. JONI MITCHELL - BIG YELLOW TAXI 14. BOB DYLAN - SHE BELONGS TO ME

C|H|A|P|T|E|R 4NATURE IS CALLING (Fall 2001)

BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE AMERICAN PSYCHE...

FOUNDED 1999

RE-ENACTM

ENTOF

THE LO

STCOLO

NY


In 1585, the first attempts at European settlement of America began underQueen Elizabeth I. Led by Sir Walter Raleigh, a group of artists, musicians,and philosophers landed on Roanoke Island in order to prepare the wilder-ness for colonization. The first successful colony followed under the leader-ship of John White, who returned to England for supplies soon after its estab-lishment. War with Spain interfered, and White was unable to return until1590. When he returned, the colonists had disappeared. The only clues of thecolony's fate were the letters "CRO"carved into a tree and the word

"CROATOAN" found on a post.The ultimate fate of the Lost Colony

remains a mystery.

One theory suggests they took refuge withfriendly Native Americans on nearby

Croatoan Island and eventually incorporatedinto the tribe and disappeared. This theory

gained credence in the latter part of the 19thCentury, when a large group of Native Americans

with European features claimed they were descendantsof the vanished colonists and the Croatoan people.

However, these claims of ancestry cannot be substantiated.

Others believe that by the union of the two races came about theorigins of piracy, when pirates sold themselves to the crown to

fight piracy, a newer group known as buccaneer, emerged to defendAmerica's home-front from European Settlement and influence…

OUR PLAYLIST:

1. THE KINKS - ANIMAL FARM 2. BIG STAR - JESUS CHRIST3. MC5 - RAMBLIN' ROSE 4. MAHALIA JACKSON - COME ON CHILDREN, LET'S SING 5. BIG STAR - BLUE MOON 6. BEATLES - HELTER SKELTER 7. BLUE CHEER - BABYLON 8. BLACK SABBATH - SWEET LEAF 9. SUPREME DICKS - BLUE ELEPHANT10. CLINIC - MONKEY ON YOUR BACK 11. ROYAL TRUX - LAWMAN 12. CAT POWER - AMERICAN FLAG 13. JONI MITCHELL - BIG YELLOW TAXI 14. BOB DYLAN - SHE BELONGS TO ME

C|H|A|P|T|E|R 4NATURE IS CALLING (Fall 2001)

BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE AMERICAN PSYCHE...

FOUNDED 1999

RE-ENACTM

ENTOF

THE LO

STCOLO

NY


THE FINALETHE WOLF/WOMAN #22 Eunis from NEW YORK MODEL

For the finale, Eunis is wearing a CLOVER silk chiffon multi-layer, multi-tierflounce chemise with a denim skirt with double up side vents and a bandan-

na quilt. Holding her hand is the man transformed: the fairy-prince, SethShapiro, is wearing a CLOVER silk chiffon cape and bandannas on the wristand neck and MOSS colored velveteen pantalets elasticized below the knee.

!!!MAN TRANSFORM

ED!!!

!!!MAN TRANSFORM

ED!!!

!!!!M

ANTR

ANSFORMED!!!

For a tambourine with your face painted on it email yourrequest to: [email protected] (This service provided by the artist Sharon Lea Anderson)


FOUNDED 1999

ACT ZERO

Wolf/Woman #14 Tasmin from IMG

Tasmin is wearing a DEAD FLESH block linen suitingw/double up fold trousers with full size legs and largecuffs (JO5, P02). She has on additionally, a silk cov-ered raw hide waistband.

WOLF/WOMAN #15 Kaefrom NEXT

Kae is wearing a STONEBLOCK linen bodice with leg-

of-mutton sleeves and flounce skirt made from DEADFLESH silk chiffon.

WOLF/WOMAN #15 Vanessa Novotny from MARILYN

Vanessa is wearing FLIGHT OF THE IMAGINATIONblock linen flounce bodysuit with quadruple size treebeading banded around her waist. Her look is complet-ed with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

ACT IV THE PAGEANTRY

WOLF/WOMAN #17 Rie from ELITE

Rie is wearing a BASALT ONE raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #18 Josli from ELITE

Josli is wearing a BASALT TWO raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #19 Malvina from IMG

Malvina is wearing a BASALT THREE raw silk monk robe over an UNREFINEDsilk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from raw hide and sheis accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #20 Lisa Davies from FORD

Lisa is wearing a NATURAL cotton canvas peasantry robe over a black wool fullyenclosed modesty jacket and she is accessorized with beaded jewelry made byMended Veil.

WOLF/WOMAN #21 Ana Marie from FORD

Ana Marie is wearing a BASALT FOUR raw silk one-sleeve monk robe over anUNREFINED silk/linen/cotton surplice. A band is worn on her waist made from rawhide and she is accessorized with beaded jewelry made by Mended Veil.


ACT II - LET GO

Wolf/Woman #7 Micki Olin from FORD

Micki is wearing a TOOTH BLOOD silk crepe-de-chine caftan with boatneck and bowler sleeves (D09) and a hat made from straw and human hair. Her

look is completed with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #8 Verginie from T MANAGEMENT

Verginie is wearing a FLESH COLORED silk double georgette tank dress pullover with front plaiting at c.f. drop point and elasticized back waist detailedwith ribbon string (D06) over a BIRCH BARK naturally grown cotton cham-bray with petal sleeves (B10) and ROSEWOOD double silk charmeusetrousers (P01). She is accessorized with a bandanna made with semi-pre-cious stones.

Wolf/Woman #9 Marianne Schroder from New York Models

Rakel is wearing a DANDELINE cotton tailored bodysuit (J04) beneath aCRYSTAL GEYSER silk crepe-de-chine cowl waist skirt (S03). she is acces-sorized made with a bandanna with semi-preciousstones.

Wolf/Woman #10 Kimberly from FORD

Kimberly is wearing an ALGAE cotton canvas self enclosed sheathingwith self covered c.f. applique with matching silk hobotai lining(J02 ) and matching skirt with cowl waist (S04). She is acces-sorized with a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #11 Jessica Joffe from NEXT

Jessica is wearing a CELESTIAL silk crepe-de-chine princess dresswith double sleeve emphasis and self-gathered waist with matching silkhobotai lining (D07). Her look is completed with a bandanna made withsemi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #12 Catherine from NEW YORK MODEL

Marianne is wearing a CANTELOPE cotton canvas tailoredbodysuit (J03) beneath a PICKLE PINK silk crepe-de-chine

suspended skirt with double up side vents (S02) her look iscompleted with a bandanna made with semi-precious

stones.

Wolf/Woman #13 Rakel from IMG

Catherine is wearing a BUTTERNUT NUT SQUASH silk crepe-de-chine dress made with triple inverted pleats, applied waist hanky

and, x9 self covered buttoned cuffs (D08). Her look is completed with a bandannamade with semi-precious stones.

ULTIMATEPOTLATCH

FOUNDED 1999



C*H*A*P*T*E*R 3

THE PPREAMBLE TTO THE WWILDERNESS(SPRING 2001)

ACT I - FANTASY OF THE CIRCLE

Wolf/Woman #1 Bianca from NEW YORK MODEL

Bianca is wearing a DEAD LEAF cotton can-vas single-breast jacket with multi-placementself-covered button-appliques with matchingsilk hobotai lining (J01) over a SWAMP silkcrepe-de-chine l/sleeve front yoke dress (D01). She is acces-sorized with a raw hide waistband with tree bead trimmings and bandanna withsemi- precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #2 Eunis from NEW YORK MODEL

Eunis is wearing an EVERGREEN 4-ply silk overlay dress that is buttoned at thewaist side front with self-gathered shoulder emphasis and drawstring

sleeves (D03) over a SULFUR silk hobotai tailored bodysuit (B03).She is accessorized with a tree bead trimmings and a bandannamade with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #3 Kirstin Pieters from NEW YORK MODEL

Kirsti is wearing an AUTUMN MAPLE silk chiffon double-facerobe dress with shawl collar, drop sleeves and, metal waist fas-tener (D02) over a VERDIGRIS silk charmeuse tailored body-suit (BO1). She is accessorized with tree bead trimmings and abandanna made with semi-precious stones.

WOLF/WOMAN #4 Leah Wagner from WOMAN MANAGEMENT

Leah is wearing a MELON colored silk crepe-de-chine drape waist dressaccentuated with kitty-cornered ribbon beads and puff sleeves (D05) over aROSE PETAL silk charmeuse chinoise bodysuit (B05).

Wolf/Woman #5 Janelle from FORD

Janelle is wearing a POLLEN silk crepe-de-chine halter dress with drip waist low-ered yoke hang and self-buttoned closure at side hip (D06) and accessorizedwith a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

Wolf/Woman #6 Nicola Vassel from NEXT

Nicola is wearing a DENIM FEATHER silk chiffon plaited drop neck-to-waist dress (D04) over aBIRCH BARK mock leno cotton tailored bodysuit with petal sleeves (B04). She is accessorizedwith a bandanna made with semi-precious stones.

www.sethshapiro.com


A DASH OF PATCHOULLI,SOFT AND INNOCENT AS

LEAVES AND WINTER

BERRIES; ROSEMARY, SAGE,OKRA, MORE TENDER THAN

WILD OAK AND MUSHROOMS;TRUFFLES, CINNAMON

STICKS, CLOVES, SANDAL-WOOD, AND JELLYBEANS AS

FRAGRANT AS THE SUMMER’SHEAT; TWO DESSERT SPOONS

OF WILD OATS, 1 CUP PENNY-WORT HERB, 600 ML OF

VODKA, A SMALL HANDFUL OF

CRUSHED LEAVES, THREE

TBSP. CRUSHED SAW PAL-METTO BERRIES AND ELDER

FLOWERS, SPO-K E N

L I K E

CAVES

A N D

WINTER

BERRIES .. .

BONE BY BONE, HAIR BY HAIR,WILDNESS COMES BACK.THROUGH NIGHT DREAMS,THROUGH EVENTS HALF UNDER-STOOD AND HALF REMEM-

BERED, WILDNESS COMESBACK. SHE COMES

BACK THROUGHSTORY.

Synopsis: a young man enters the forest and discovers a band of womenwho transforms themselves into wolves. If such an occasion were to arise,if primordial restoration returns in such a deliberate & intentional way, onemust ask, what are the possibilities of one's own transformation?

CHApTER 3

HOW THEY BECAME WOLVES

*DESCENDENT BEINGS * WITCHCRAFT * NATURAL MAGIC *

In the south of France where the Rhone tumblesinto the sea, there is a desert-like bit of land called

the “Camargue,” inhabited by herds of wild horses.

Folco, who was a friend of all animals, and himself alittle unspoiled savage, lived not far away in a little

white hut in the swamps.

On a particular day, as on every morning, while hisgrandfather mended the nets and his younger brothers

played in the sun, he set out in his little boat to fish.

“Fisherboy” by Rita Ackermann


Folco, moving soundlessly among the white blossomsthat covered the waterways, suddenly came upon

White Mane. Never had he seen a horse so beautifulor so wild. He approached him quietly, scarcely

breathing, just as he did when he was going to snarea big fish.

Then quickly he tossed a rope around the stallion’sneck, and White Mane, infuriated, bounded away at a

gallop, dragging the poor little fisher boy after him.

Finally White Mane stopped and he saw the littlesavage, covered with mud, looking at him in the

friendliest fashion. And when Folco had picked him-self up and approached him, White Mane permitted

himself to be caressed for the first time.

If White Mane loved the little fisher boy, he lovedgalloping off with the other horses even more. Andwhen he heard their whinnying he could not resistthe summons. He reared up before the astonished

children, tore his halter and broke through the barri-cade Folco had taken the precaution to set up.

White Mane was wounded. Blood trickled down hisforeleg. He licked it but the blood continued to flow.

Then he thought of his little friend, the fisher boy.And when Folco and his little brother, both of whombelieved White Mane had left them, saw him return-

ing, they cried for joy, so happy they were to havehim back. And they gave him such loving care that

White Mane recovered quickly.

For the wild women to play successfully, they needed tofind a place where they can be free to 'play' without hin-drance or obtrusion. They needed a place outside of 'thelaw.' A place freed from the yoke of (delineated) time.This leads them to the underground. That is where theylearn to play. As time passes, the unusual nature of theirrelationship/experience creates remarkable clothes thatget them noticed. Children all around the world romanti-cize and idolize the factory workers like they were rockstars. Surprisingly, their activities bring upon a 'worldcrises' (a 'world shortage' of clothes), as factory workersaround the world join in a mass exodus from work.

Since there are no more beautiful clothes except the onesworn by the women who make them, the elegant ladies arenow in rags. Bribes are offered, higher wages for a returnto work...to no avail. The shameless elegant rag ladies tryto form their own wild underground....to no avail. So theycall the cops. Stating that these activities are "a threat toour way of life" and “to our very existence.” “Make them“go back to work." Since the elegant ladies virtually ownthe police they agree. When news of an impending raidspreads underground, an action is organized, a city-wideparty to burn the liberated wild women’s clothes. For onething, if they were separated from the clothes, the clotheswould no longer have meaning. And another, if the elegantladies got their hands on the clothes you may as well justmurder them. But, before the bonfires begin, a so-calleddesigner sneaks by to steal the clothes. This is the story ofhow he started American Manufacturing.


It all began with an idea for a play...

.When an elegant lady entered 'Rainbow Fashion' to pick up the clothes she had ordered, A receivingfactory woman is awestruck, unable to look at such a perfect and elegant lady. But when this aweturns to loathing she races to the bathroom and pukes. When the other factory women notice this,they all follow her in what might be called “a puking orgy.”. What happens next is the sudden realization of collectivization. In an uprooting moment, thewomen piss off their boss and vow never to make clothes for other people again and to makeclothes 'for them-selves.' (If beauty is magical power, then you should only give the secrets of thispower to people you like)..

Now there is a worrisome transition they have to make. That is, they have to make the difficult tran-sition from making other people beautiful to making themselves beautiful. What kind of beauty is pos-sible in the overworked and rundown minds of the ex-factory slaves-turned loose, starving and free?In Cinderella, there is a grand delusion on the part of the heroin. She imagines that pumpkins turninto a carriage, but pumpkins do not really turn into carriages. She believes that rats turn into maleservants, but rats never turn into footmen. And then she imagines the glass slipper. What is a glassslipper? It is invisible. But we are convinced that these things are real. That is because while she ismaking the desired transformation so are we. Through play, the ladies make the transformation. Andthrough play, they nurture and learn new values and participate in the making of a new language,which is the clothes they are maKing.

.

Play is similar to 'quality' in that it is the formal aspect of any design consideration.In that sense it is a structure, it teaches us, it forms patterns in our minds. It's theultimate transmitter of ideas. If there is no play there is no design. What we seenow is anti-play, which is design that tries to influence behavior and although weagree on particular designs, since there is no integral relationship, people meetwithout touching and overcrowding results in isolation, contempt, and impersonal-ity. So through play we are looking for a deep and integral relationship. Choice offabric or a line cannot define it. It is also not the transference of the human spir-it, as in artistic clothing. It is defined by the relationships between people. .

THE IDEA

Background Sketch By Sadie Laska

C-H-A-P-T-E-R 2A SEASON TO REMEMBER (FALL 1999)

When the great stallion could travel again,Folco tried to slip quietly onto his back. ButWhite Mane was a wild horse and could notbear to be mounted. So he kicked, bucked,

threw Folco, tore the halter and ran away, againleaving the one being whom he really believed

to be a true friend.

He may have longed to rejoin the wild horses,but the horse herder and his henchmen veryquickly spied him and took out after him inpursuit. The herders counted on getting him

back from the small cavalier.

Now they felt certain of capturing the horse andthe child who was directing its course straighttoward the Rhone, the river with the impassa-

ble current.

White Mane preferred throwing himself intothe river to being taken captive by the men

whom he despised.

The current was carrying White Mane and thechild: and the herder, filled with remorse, cried,

“Come back, little fellow! I’ll give you yourhorse! He’s yours! Come back! Only come

back!”


“Serenity” by Rita Ackerman

But the little fisher boy paid no heed to the herder or hismen who already had lied so to him. With White Mane he

disappeared into the waves before the eyes of the men.They swam for a long, long time. And White Mane, who

was endowed with great strength, carried Folco to a beauti-ful isle where children and horses are always friends.


T H E N F R O M T H E M O U N TA I N S C A M E A G R O U P O FM A S K E D B A N D I T S TO S AV E T H E D AY. T H AT I S ,T H E Y L O O K E D L I K E B A N D I T S A N D T H E Y S O U N D E DL I K E B A N D I T S B U T A L L T H E Y D I D WA S D A N C E .

T H E Y W O U L D C A L L T H E P R E S S H O U S E S A N D I N T H E ‘ C R O W D -E D R O O M S ’ O N LY P E R F O R M E D T H E I R D A N C E . AT F I R S T, P E O -P L E W E R E R E A L LY B E W I L D E R E D B Y T H E D A N C I N G . B U T T H ED A N C I N G P E R S I S T E D . T H I S G E N E R AT E D A N N O YA N C E .E V E RY T H I N G P O S S I B L E WA S D O N E TO D I S C R E D I T T H E M . . .F R U I T S A N D V E G E TA B L E s W E R E T H R O W N , B A D W O R D S U S E D ,E T C . B U T T H E M O R E T H E Y W E R E C U R S E D T H E M O R E T H E YF E LT A N E E D TO WA LT Z , TA P, J A Z Z , S A L S A , TA N G O , F O X -T R O T, R U M B A , C H A C H A C H A …

T H E D A N C I N G O C C U R R E D W H E N E V E R A N D W H E R E V E R T H E R EWA S A N A U D I E N C E A N D W H E N T H E Y W E R E N O T D A N C I N G T H E YM A D E C O S T U M E S TO E N H A N C E T H E I R D A N C I N G ( T H U S ,S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E I R B E L I E F A N D F O R M I N G A L A N G U A G ET H E Y C O U L D U S E ) . S O O N , T H E D A N C I N G O C C U P I E D A L L T H EP E O P L E S ’ M I N D S A N D I T WA S D I F F I C U LT TO T H I N K A B O U TA N Y T H I N G E L S E . S O M E D E C I D E D TO J O I N T H E M A N D F O U N DT H E Y W E R E H AV I N G A L O T O F F U N A N D T H E Y F O R G O T H O WL O N E LY T H E Y W E R E . M O R E P E O P L E J O I N E D T H E M A N D T H E NE V E N M O R E . S H A D O W A P P E A R E D A M O N G T H E M B U T B E F O R EA N Y O N E C O U L D R AT H I M O U T A L L T H E P E O P L E O F T H E V I L -L A G E H A D A L R E A D Y B E G U N R E J O I C I N G I N D A N C E A N D S O N G .

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THE CEREMONY OF CLOTHES, UNIVERSE & STARS:A GATHERING AT THE CIMARRON (FALL 2001)

WHEN WORD GETS OUT OF A GATHERING DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN MOST END OF THE

CIMARRON- A RIVER THAT FLOWS IN THE WEST AND RACES THROUGH ARIZONA- A

MYTHICAL FORCE INCITES A MASS EXODUS FROM THE CITY. IN PURSUIT OF THEIR LIBER-

ATION (I.E. WILD EX-FACTORY WORKERS TURNED LOOSE), WHILE REMEMBERING THEIR

LESSONS IN ART, MUSIC, AND FASHION “COMMUNICATIONS” AND REALIZING THAT THEY

HAD BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY POVERTY AND ENSLAVED BY THE CITIES, THEY ENVI-

SIONED A STYLE THEY HAD NEVER DARED TO BEFOREHAND. WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO

LOSE EXCEPT THE ABILITY TO GAIN BACK THEIR PERSONAL FREEDOM AND LIBERATION?

TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT MORE EFFECTIVELY, THEY RECITE A SCENE FROM THE

MOVIE GONE WITH THE WIND- WHEN SCARLET O’HARA, REALIZING SHE HAS NOTHING

TO WEAR BECAUSE HER LIFE HAD BEEN TRAGICALLY RUINED BY WAR, PULLS DOWN THE

VELVET CURTAINS, (HER ONLY REMNANTS OF A CIVILIZED LIFE), AND IN A MOMENT OF

REBELLIOUS INSPIRATION MAKES A DRESS IN DEFIANCE OF HER SITUATION. FOR SHE

WAS GOING TO MEET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND SHE WAS NOT GOING IN RAGS. THE

CONQUEST OF A PERSONAL AND LIBERATED STYLE, NO MATTER HOW CRAZY, WAS FOR

HER THE ULTIMATE STATUS SYMBOL.


STRATEGIES

FAR-REACHING IDEALS MEET CAREFUL AND OBTAINABLE RESOURCES.

VERY EXPENSIVE AND LUXURIOUS FABRICS STITCHED TO CAREFULLY

PICKED HOMESPUN FABRICS TO CREATE A QUILTING EFFECT OF DIVERSE

AND SURPRISING COMBINATIONS. CUTS ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE

EVENING. EVENING LENGTH FLOUNCE TULIP-LINED DRESSES, MULTI-

TIERED LAYERING, JUMPERS, AND SHAPELESS WAISTS. LARGE HATS

WITH BLOOMING SATIN BOWS OR TURKEY FEATHERS THAT REMIND US

OF THE FRONTIER AND A HINT OF SPAIN TO ADD A BIT OF FESTIVE FLA-

VOR AND SURPRISE. COLORS: RICH REDS AND BROWN EARTH

TONES, VARIABLE COLUMNAR BLOCKING, HUGE GINGHAM PLAID WITH A

BURST OF FLORAL PRINTS LIKE IN THE DESERT, TWEED WITH RICH SILK

VELVET BLOCKING, VERY RICH AND LUXURIOUS FABRICS STITCHED TO

VERY CHEAP ONES CREATING NEW AND UNEXPECTED COMBINATIONS OF

COLORS. HAIR & MAKEUP IDEAS: A YOUNG LADY ENTERS HER MOTH-

ER’S BOUDOIR AND SITS IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR. SHE ATTEMPTS

TO EMULATE THE ELEGANCE AND GRACE BUT THEN IS INSTEAD

HUMOROUSLY DISAPPOINTED.

DISASSOCIATING, INDEPENDENT, SELF-VALIDATING, WILD &, FREE. FAR-REACHING, ESSEN-TIAL, IMMEDIATE &, IDEAL. THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT SUPRISE EVERY AM DRESS!

In the future Broadway turns into a canal, the development of ClevelandSquare is won in a lottery that is open to children, Central Park turns into a trailer

park, and there will be more public bathrooms and dancing in the streets...


A NIGHT OF STARS ON THE RIVER CIMARRON

ANTHROPOLOGICAL


(THE FINAL CHAPTER:-))WWHHAATT’’SS IINN AA NNAAMMEE??

BORN FROM A DESIRE TO CREATE A REGIONALISTAMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, THE NAME AMERICANMANUFACTURING* IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NATIVEAMERICANS, THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT (DECENTRAL-IZATION, ENVIRONMENT, ETC.), THE HUDSON VALLEY, ANDCOSMIC AMERICAN MUSIC AND TAKES A MUCH NEEDEDAND DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO TURN AWAY FROM LARGECENTRALIZED AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO THEPERSUASION OF CONSENSUS AND TO INTELLECTUALATROPHY AND SEEKS TO "ELECTRIFY" THE FRONTIER INSEARCH OF NEW, EXCITING, DRAMATIC, AND UNIQUELYAMERICAN IMAGES...

SINCE THERE ARE NO ACTUAL FRONTIERS LEFT, EACHSEASON, WE ARE BROUGHT THROUGH A METAPHYSICALJOURNEY WHERE THE EARTH, TREES AND, ANIMALS AREUSED AS WORDS IN DESCRIBING A LANGUAGE THAT ISMORE REPRESENTATIONAL RATHER THAN ACTUAL.WHERE THE "WILDERNESS" IS IN OUR HEARTS RATHERTHAN A PHYSICAL PLACE WE HAVE NOT YET VISITED. A"SIGNATURE" THAT WE CAN RELATE TO BUT DO NOT YETHAVE WORDS FOR AND A "QUALITY" THAT IS OBJECTIVEAND PRECISE BUT CANNOT BE NAMED FOREVER MORE.

S O M A N Y S Y M B O L S W E R E D E P L O Y E D T H AT T H E I R

' U S E ' B E C A M E I N E F F E C T U A L A N D T H E WA R S O O N

E N D E D I N VA I N . N O O N E B E C A M E T H E V I C T O R A N D

T H E E M P T I N E S S D I D N O T C E A S E B U T WA S I N S T E A D

R E I N F O R C E D . T H I S G AV E WAY F O R A N E W K I N D O F

P R O B L E M T O E M E R G E . . . T H E L A N D T H E Y T H O U G H T

O N C E B E A U T I F U L WA S N O W C O M P L E T E LY O V E R -

R U N B Y S Y M B O L S . F O R T H AT WA S A L L T H AT

R E M A I N E D , I T S N AT U R A L B E A U T Y H A D L O N G S I N C E

G O N E AWAY.

I N T H E T R A N S I E N T T O W N O F T H E ‘ L O N E LY

C R O W D S , ’ A L L T H AT C O U L D B E D O N E WA S T H E

E V E RY D AY R E N E WA L A N D R E M A K I N G F R O M T H E

S P O I L S O F T H E WA R O F S Y M B O L S . S I N C E N O O N E

WA S R E A L LY S U R E A S T O H O W T H E Y C A M E T O B E ,

A G R E AT D I S P U T E R A G E D A M O N G S T T H E M . T H E

TA S K T O D E C I P H E R T H E S I G N S E N G A G E D A L M O S T

E V E RY O N E B U T B E C A U S E N O O N E C O U L D A G R E E

O N I T ’ S M E A N I N G , B E C A U S E I T WA S I M P O S S I B L E

T O U N D E R S TA N D A N D , B E C A U S E M E A N I N G C O M E S

A N D G O E S A N D M U LT I P L I E S ( P U T T I N G T H E M

T O G E T H E R A N D S L I C I N G T H E M A PA R T, C R E AT E D

M O R E M E A N I N G . ) L I F E WA S H E LT E R S K E LT E R .


A NIGHT OF STARS ON THE RIVER CIMARRON C-H-A-P-T-E-R 1THE DANCE OF THE BANDITSNotes For A New Company

IN A LAND JUST BEYOND THE IMAGINATION WHERE NO ONE HAD DARED TO

GO THERE LIVED A STRANGER WHOSE NAME WAS 'SHADOW'.

MANY FORBIDDING STORIES WERE TOLD ABOUT SHADOW AND LIKE THE BOO-GIE MAN HE WAS SAID TO BE A CREATURE WITH ABOMINABLE FEATURES; AVICTIMLESS LONER, UNCONTROLLABLE, FREE AND, WILD.

HOWEVER, CHILDREN HAD THEIR OWN STORIES TO TELL AND WERE OFTEN

VERY CURIOUS ABOUT SHADOW. AT NIGHT WHILE EVERYONE WAS SLEEPING

THEY WOULD SNEAK OUT OF THEIR PARENTS’ HOMES IN AN EFFORT TO FIND

HIM. THE ‘TASK’ WAS DIFFI-CULT. ONE THAT BEGAN BY

SWIMMING ACROSS

THE RIVER SET UP

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DARING JOUR-NEYS RARELY DID ANY

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‘MISSING CHILDREN’WERE KIDNAPPED BY

SHADOW.

A VERY SERIOUS EPI-DEMIC CALLED THE

‘LONELY PARENTS’ SYN-DROME LITERALLY

SWEPT THROUGH THE

CITY: WHEN PARENTS WERE SEPA-RATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN THEY WOULD

TURN INTO A FRENZY AND BRAVE THE LIMITS OF

THE HORIZON TO RECLAIM THEIR YOUNG.

THE FIRST BOUNTY OF CONCERNED PARENTS WAS AWESTRUCK BY THE MAG-NIFICENCE OF THE THE LAND THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE WHERE SHADOW

LIVED. DESIRING TO CLAIM IT FOR THEMSELVES THEY SET UP PERMANENT

CAMPS. GREED BROUGHT MANY MORE AND SOON IT BECAME SO CROWDED

THAT EVERYONE LOST THEIR MINDS. NO ONE COULD MAKE ANY SENSE OF

THE SITUAION OR WHY THEY HAD COME AND SO A WAR BROKE OUT AMONGST

THEM TO REFLECT THE SURROUNDING CRAZINESS. BUT THIS WAS NO ORDI-NARY WAR - ONE THAT WAS FOUGHT WITH TRADITIONAL ARMS - THIS WAR

WAS FOUGHT WITH SYMBOLS WHICH WERE THOUGHT TO UNIFY THE PEOPLE

AND WIN BACK SELF-AWARENESS.


Ave

BRINGBACK

RETURNABLES



THE WILDERNESS

T h e W i l d e r n e s s i s e v e r y w h e r e . I tl a y s i n - b e t w e e n t h e c r a c k s o f

t h e c i t y a n d g r o w s l i k e w e e d i nt h e n i g h t ; i t m a n i f e s t s i t s e l f i n

l o v e r s w h e r e p a s s i o n i n v e n t s t h e l a n -g u a g e u n d e r w h i c h t h e s t a t e w i l l b u c k -l e a n d f a l l ; a n d i t ’ s i n v e s t m e n t sb u r i e d d e e p w i t h i n m u s i c , i m p o s s i b l et o s u p p r e s s o r k e e p b e h i n d b a r s . F o r

t h e s e a r e t h e b e g i n n i n g s , a s i ne v e r y n e w b e g i n n i n g , w h e n

n a t u r e r e v e a l s i t s e l f a n d i n d u l g e s i n s p o n t a n e o u s a c t i v i t y. . .C h i l d r e n t u r n o v e r t h e p a r a d i g m a n d b e c o m e t e a c h e r s , f a c t o r yw o r k e r s t r a n s f o r m t h e m s e l v e s i n t o t h e i r o w n i m a g e o f b e a u t ya n d a b a n d o n w o r k , w o m e n r e t u r n t o a p r i m o r d i a l s t a t e t o r i dt h e w o r l d o f w i c k e d n e s s , E u r o p e a n s & N a t i v e A m e r i c a n s u n i t et o d e f e n d t h e w i l d e r n e s s f r o m s u b j u g a t i o n , a n d a l o v e a f f a i rb e t w e e n a b o y a n d h i s h o r s e i s t h e r o o t s t o c k f o r a n e w s o c i e t y‘ a s b e a u t i f u l a n d f r e e a s t h e s t a r s t h a t s h i n e a b o v e t h eA r i z o n a D e s e r t . ’ T h e s e s t o r i e s a r e d e c i s i v e l y A M E R I C A NM A N U FA C T U R I N G .

“ A D I N N E R D AT E AT C H E Z W O O D S T O C K ” i s t h e f o l l o w - u pt o t h e c l a s s i c l i b e r a t i o n f r o m s a d n e s s m a n i f e s t o , “ A F a s h i o n -E v e n t f o r F a s h i o n W e e k ” ( P u b . 1 9 9 4 ) . I t i s a c o l l e c t i o n o f s t o -r i e s t h a t c o m e s t o l i f e w h e n t w o p e o p l e m e e t f o r w h a t w i l l n o wb e k n o w n a s a f i c t i o n a l d a t e , i n a f i c t i o n a l r e s t a u r a n t , s e t i n am y s t i c a l p l a c e s o m e w h e r e b e y o n d b o r e d o m a n d f a s c i n a t i o n .W h e t h e r t h e s e e v e n t s a r e i m a g i n e d o r r e a l t h e y f o r m t h e b a s i sf o r t h e c o l l e c t i o n s a n d s h o w s p r e s e n t e d b y A M f r o m 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 1o f w h i c h t h i s b o o k s e r v e s a s a m e m e n t o .



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Introduction to

the WILDERNESS

Chapter 1: The Dance Of The Bandits

Notes for a New Company

Chapter 2: A Season To Remember (Autumn 1999)

RE: A QUALITY DEFINED AND INTRODUCTION TO A PLAY: When ex-factory workers aroundthe world inspire a mass exodus from work and a world crisis (a shortage of clothes)

ensues...

Chapter 3A Girls Night Out #2 (Spring 2000)

A young boy enters the deep woods and stumbles upon a band of women who transformthemselves into wolves. He in turn is transformed into a fairy prince :>{)!

Chapter 4Nature Is Calling (Fall 2000)

An irresistible force...in praise of the wilderness and wildness....romantic caravan- ning, homesteading, and the grassroots movement. Re-enactment of the 'Lost' Colony.

Chapter 5The Preamble To The Wilderness (Spring 2001)

A young boy eager to possess a beautiful wild stallion near the River Rhone ultimately wins his confidence, tames him, and rides off with him into the sea...

Chapter 6The Ceremony Of Clothes, Universe & Stars: A

Gathering at the Cimarron (Fall 2001)

When word gets out of a gathering on the Cimarron, a mythical force ignites a mass exodusfrom the city.

The Final ChapterWhat’s in a Name?

A DINNER DATE ATCHEZ WOODSTOCK

ADMIT 2

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THE GREEN-GHETTO: WHEN NATURE RECLAIMS ITSPLACE...WHERE ONCE THERE WERE ONLY BUILDINGS MADE

OF STONE NOW THERE ARE BIRDS AND TREES SINGING

OK



by Liz Bougotsos



A DINNER DATE AT CHEZ WOODSTOCK

WINTER 2002

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