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DRESS OR DUEY

velvet, 2025

Challenging the boundaries between protective headwear and fashion, Dress or Duey reimagines the traditional durag through exaggerated length and versatile design. Constructed as six-foot-long velvet durags, each piece can be worn as headwear or wrapped and draped around the body to create a dress.

By transforming a familiar hair accessory into a full-body garment, Dress or Duey explores the relationship between function, identity, and self-expression. The design challenges conventional ideas of how a durag should be worn, allowing the wearer to redefine its purpose through styling.

When does an accessory become an outfit, and who gets to decide?

Photographer: Flexdame
Model: Sydni Warner
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Creative practice led by Sydni Warner.

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