Calder Suitcase TeeThis piece was created in honor of the centennial celebration of Calders Circus, in collaboration with the Calder Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Calder began his Circus in Paris in 1926 as a portable distillation of the natural circus fashioned from wire, cork, fabric, and other materialsat once sculpture, theater, and performance. This tee is printed with a remastered still from the 1955 film Le Grand Cirque Calder 1927, directed

a style of embroidery in which a cord is laid on fabric in patterns and secured with short perpendicular stitches

This tee is inspired by a T-shirt from the 1990s

with its forest green contrast panels

a style of embroidery in which a cord is arranged in a design and secured with small stitches

enlarged for scale

the inspiration behind the Crane Estate collection

We reproduced the blue and black floral beadwork for this style

Nile is 6'2" and wearing a size M

Made of lightweight linen

Two side seam pocket

The quilt is made from turkey red and yellow blocks surrounded by printed calico fabric

We reproduced the trim and pearl-beaded flowers at the collar for this style