A garden lives through time. It changes, needs care, and is never really finished.

Perhaps Tay Orchard grows the same way.

We often talk about clothing through trends, brands and appearances. But there is always something less visible behind a garment: construction, proportion, time. Decisions made long before the first cut, and traces left by years of wear.

From this, Architecture of Clothing grew.

I am not here to teach people how to dress. I am more interested in looking closely at what usually goes unnoticed.

A seam can have its own beauty. A construction has a balance to it. Fabric drapes, changes and settles with time. There is something to notice in the gesture of a maker, and in a garment that has been worn long enough to become someone’s own.

The project is still growing. There are observations, questions, things I am still trying to understand.

There is always more to notice.