Athena re-appropriates the half-apron and turns it from a garment with female oppression connotations into a garment full of female empowerment potential. Each apron functions as a textile, visual poem that represents contemporary female problems. What does it mean being a woman in current society?
The apron; A simple, utilitarian, yet powerful garment with a weighted history. Being with us since 2500BC, it has accompanied women throughout most of their history; It has been close to their bodies, hugging them tight around their waists. It has been t