Mushroom Jacket
$2,200.00
Size 10
The applique and embroidery on this mushroom jacket is a magnified impression of the wild mushroom world growing in November in Vermont.
This Earth Bitch Mushroom Jacket is made of hemp and cotton corduroy. It’s organic cotton hood was hand dyed in house. There are multiple vintage linings; the main body has a beautiful mushroom printed lining, the sleeves and pockets are lined in a navy dotted print and the undershirt trim is plaid.
The applique mushrooms are trapunto, meaning they are stuffed, and their gills are pleated. The right sleeve arm band has a magnified view of lichen growing on birch bark and a spider is found camouflaged there. The left sleeve has a few branches with hand embroidered leaves.
One-Of-A-Kind and Hand Made in Vermont
A portion of your purchase will go to the Xerces Society for the conservation of endangered invertebrates. Several invertebrates are featured on this jacket; a slug, Mr. Spider and a sciarid fly.
Size 10, (Only One Available)
This item is in stock and will ship as soon as I process your order.
Please contact us directly if you would like to custom order an Earth Bitch Jacket in your size.
To begin working on an Earth Bitch Jacket dedicated to endangered mushrooms I collected a few specimens from the woods. Deforestation, fertilizer run off and unknown, unrecorded, un-researched circumstances are all responsible for the decline of mushroom species worldwide. To read more about my inspiration see Back In The Studio…
1 in stock
