Accidental Icon: Details Pertaining to Choice

Detail: Accidental Icon Wears

Black wool jacket: Yohji Yamamoto, Black wool trousers: Y-3, Cotton deconstructed wrap blouse: Ivan Grundahl, Suede booties: Sigerson Morrison, Handbag: Lonchamp Le Pliage

My choice of a look today began with a pragmatic decision to pick something warm. So my go to when it is single digits is black wool. Knowing that I was going to view an exhibition that was related to women’s rights I chose a look that conveyed my vision of a modern woman. The shoulders on the Yamamoto jacket are broad and masculine and I added the ruffled shirt as a counterpoint. To balance the shoulders of the jacket I choose wide leg, lined black wool trousers that rustle and move when I walk.

Detail: Michelle Pred Choices

Michelle Pred credits her father, a geography professor, for exposing her to feminism at an early age. She accompanied him to demonstrations related to the women’s and other social movements in the 1970’s in Berkeley, the “hotbed” of political activism, where she was raised. Choice is the latest evolution of a political voice that emerged over the last 25 years and that has focused on issues related to women’s rights and health. Her conscious choice and use of artifacts that are associated with restrictive government policies, such as expired, discarded and placebo birth control pills and objects seized by airport security, results in a kind of visceral emotion that engages the viewer with the power and surveillance that stands behind these policies and stimulates one to contemplate action. In partnership with the Nancy Hoffman Gallery, five percent of the limited series of handbags will be donated to NARAL Pro Choice New York if one is so moved.

The artist received a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland California where she lives. She has shown her work extensively and it is included in several museum collections, such as the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum in N.Y. Her work has been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, Art in America, Wired, and American Craft Magazine. For more information about the artist visit her site, http://michelepred.com/home.html. The exhibition will run at Nancy Hoffman until March 14, 2015

20 Comments

une femme on March 4, 2015 at 9:46 pm

I love how she makes strong statements, but with wit.

Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm

Yes, it is not heavy-handed, that is such a good strategy.

Marina Ingvarsson on March 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm

Love your blog!

https://www.bonaupetite.com

Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm

Thanks so much for that feedback!

[email protected] on March 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm

Love your blog!

https://www.bonaupetite.com

[email protected] on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm

Thanks so much for that feedback!

Tina on March 5, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Thank you for this blog post….

Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:42 pm

My pleasure, thank you for reading and commenting.

The Style Crone on March 6, 2015 at 8:19 pm

I am impressed with how you carefully chose each piece that composed your ensemble for this important exhibit. Thank you for the information on Michelle Pred, the creator of "Choice."

I purchased a Y-3 hat in Miami a month ago. The choice was influenced by you!

Lyn on March 10, 2015 at 11:12 am

I can’t wait to see the hat! I am always inspired by you and have found myself trying on more and more hats. What do you think about turbans? I find them so beautiful.

[email protected] on March 6, 2015 at 8:19 pm

I am impressed with how you carefully chose each piece that composed your ensemble for this important exhibit. Thank you for the information on Michelle Pred, the creator of "Choice."

I purchased a Y-3 hat in Miami a month ago. The choice was influenced by you!

[email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 11:12 am

I can’t wait to see the hat! I am always inspired by you and have found myself trying on more and more hats. What do you think about turbans? I find them so beautiful.

Sandra on March 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Nice choice, a great outfit. They look good together as much as separate.

[email protected] on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm

Yes, it is not heavy-handed, that is such a good strategy.
Lyn on March 10, 2015 at 11:17 am

Thank you, readers have asked for more details of the clothes so that is why I do the Details page.

[email protected] on March 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Nice choice, a great outfit. They look good together as much as separate.

[email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 11:17 am

Thank you, readers have asked for more details of the clothes so that is why I do the Details page.

Suzanne on March 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

LOVE the shot of you in the mirror! Great, unique exhibit. Art should make you think and this did that…even via a blog.

It was interesting reading why you chose each element in your outfit.

bisous
Suzanne
http://www.suzannecarillo.com

[email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

LOVE the shot of you in the mirror! Great, unique exhibit. Art should make you think and this did that…even via a blog.

It was interesting reading why you chose each element in your outfit.

bisous
Suzanne
http://www.suzannecarillo.com

une femme on March 4, 2015 at 9:46 pm

I love how she makes strong statements, but with wit.
- Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  Yes, it is not heavy-handed, that is such a good strategy.
Marina Ingvarsson on March 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm

Love your blog!

https://www.bonaupetite.com
- Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  Thanks so much for that feedback!
[email protected] on March 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm

Love your blog!

https://www.bonaupetite.com
- [email protected] on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  Thanks so much for that feedback!
Tina on March 5, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Thank you for this blog post….
- Lyn on March 5, 2015 at 5:42 pm
  
  My pleasure, thank you for reading and commenting.
The Style Crone on March 6, 2015 at 8:19 pm

I am impressed with how you carefully chose each piece that composed your ensemble for this important exhibit. Thank you for the information on Michelle Pred, the creator of "Choice."

I purchased a Y-3 hat in Miami a month ago. The choice was influenced by you!
- Lyn on March 10, 2015 at 11:12 am
  
  I can’t wait to see the hat! I am always inspired by you and have found myself trying on more and more hats. What do you think about turbans? I find them so beautiful.
[email protected] on March 6, 2015 at 8:19 pm

I am impressed with how you carefully chose each piece that composed your ensemble for this important exhibit. Thank you for the information on Michelle Pred, the creator of "Choice."

I purchased a Y-3 hat in Miami a month ago. The choice was influenced by you!
- [email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 11:12 am
  
  I can’t wait to see the hat! I am always inspired by you and have found myself trying on more and more hats. What do you think about turbans? I find them so beautiful.
Sandra on March 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Nice choice, a great outfit. They look good together as much as separate.
- [email protected] on March 5, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  Yes, it is not heavy-handed, that is such a good strategy.
- Lyn on March 10, 2015 at 11:17 am
  
  Thank you, readers have asked for more details of the clothes so that is why I do the Details page.
[email protected] on March 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Nice choice, a great outfit. They look good together as much as separate.
- [email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 11:17 am
  
  Thank you, readers have asked for more details of the clothes so that is why I do the Details page.
Suzanne on March 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

LOVE the shot of you in the mirror! Great, unique exhibit. Art should make you think and this did that…even via a blog.

It was interesting reading why you chose each element in your outfit.

bisous
Suzanne
http://www.suzannecarillo.com
[email protected] on March 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

LOVE the shot of you in the mirror! Great, unique exhibit. Art should make you think and this did that…even via a blog.

It was interesting reading why you chose each element in your outfit.

bisous
Suzanne
http://www.suzannecarillo.com