Forgotten Memories

Introduced in 1935 by Kodak as Kodachrome film, projector slides were most popular in the mid to late 20th century, specifically 1950s-1990s.

Many people’s special memories have since landed in thrift stores as donations as the technology becomes outdated. Witch changing times, what can we do with these keepsakes to help them live on in a new form?

I had the idea when I saw a basket of these at Thrift Craft in Victoria to make a shift dress similar to the iconic Gisele Bushden Polaroid dress. The dress includes over 200 slides connected with jump rings. The dress includes images mainly from the 60s-80s with mostly cars and blueprints.

Since the slides are mainly composed of paper, the dress is very delicate. Each time the dress is worn, it takes about 4-8 hours to repair, adding to the 50+ hours that went into making it. But sometimes that is the beauty of fashion and design, just nice to look at, but created without the use of new materials.