In college I had started dipping my toes into fashion (learning how to sew, cutting up shorts and T-shirt’s to make them more individualized). But one type of style that always entranced me was Greek clothing. I love the way fabric drapes from the human bodies of the awe inspiring statues.

I’ve looked up so many pictures of sculptures. So I decided to research their clothing and try to recreate something, and I found the simplest item to make. The Chlamys. It’s basically a sheet of wool that’s pinned on one shoulder, and it’s used like a cloak to cover the body during colder times. There were images of men wearing chlamyses with nothing underneath. I knew I’d found what I was looking for. I had already made one a couple of years ago so I pulled it out of my drawers and decided that that would be my new loungewear.

I’d started wearing my chlamys around the apartment while Blake was around. I’d always had a fashion style of intentionality, so Blake barely batted an eye at it (he’d also tried on one of my prototypes for me when he came to visit me while I was in college so it wasn’t his first time seeing one). I’d wear it while we cooked together, while we ate and watch Netflix, while we sat on the balcony and smoked a joint, all while enjoying the freedom from constrictive clothing.