DRESS OR DUEY
velvet, 2025Challenging 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: FlexdameModel: Sydni Warner