deadman walking

a bespoke suit is a work of art. infact, a bespoke suit is a million different tiny works of art, from the invisible handstitched felling on the lining to the near-magical way a collar is stitched to make it curve in two opposing directions. one of the beautiful but unseen ingredients that go into a bespoke suit is the paper pattern, hand drawn specifically for each client on heavy oaktag paper and stored in a tailor’s cellar to be pulled out and updated over the years as a client contracts and expands.

hormazd narielwalla is a london-based artist who takes tailors’ old porked patterns (patterns from clients who haven’t ordered for many many years and are presumed dead) and turns them into, well, new works of art. he calls his project deadman’s patterns.

images courtesy hormazd narielwalla