Lost and Found

Dance and Fashion Show - October 5th and 6th, 2024

In their second dance-fashion collaboration, choreographer Eliza Malecki and stylist Mary O’Keefe have come together to create and produce a dance fashion show featuring professional dancers and models wearing entirely secondhand clothing that celebrates the personal histories attached to our clothing and examines the complex emotions wrapped up in the act of getting dressed in the morning. In examining the concepts of thrift and lineage, we acknowledge the power of sustainability, personal memory, and the profound impact that clothing can have on our sense of self. The clothing is styled to be a wearable fantasy, featuring secondhand clothing from a collection of vintage vendors in Found Boston.

Lost and Found features dancers Erica Codd, Katrina Conte, Jillian McLaughlin, Rajita Menon, Simon Montalvo, Sarah Pacheco, and Meredith Price and models Arlette Dervil, Merline Fleur, Alicia Lin, Crystal Njoroge, Jeannette Rosario, Sarah Shattuck, and Emma Titus.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/01/arts/dance-fashion-show-vintage-clothing/

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

“Dress Up” Exhibition - April 13–September 2, 2024

“Dress Up,” an exhibition of fashion and costume jewelry just opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, exults in extravagance while embracing illusion. There’s a clue in the title, and more in the content: Costume — or more bluntly, fake — jewelry, fashioned from plastic, tin, rhinestone, and whatever non-precious else, is for the most part made to deceive — an aspirational mimic, removed from the real thing. Extend the metaphor, and one could argue it’s what any of us does, every day, not only by pulling on clothes, but by any means of projecting a version of ourselves out into the world. A quote from Ru Paul on the wall sums it up nicely: “We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.” That’s what “Dress Up” is about.” - Murray, Whyte; The Boston Globe (4/19/24)

Consultation/collaboration with curators theo tyson and Emily Stoehrer. Worked closely with MFA Teens program to educate young artists on styling as a profession, as well as styling/posing teens for a photoshoot with Jaypix Belmer to be displayed in the exhibit. Provided text on the pairing of jewelry with fashion.

Zig Zag Productions

“Traffic Jam”

Fashion show for 5one7 Beauty featuring the designs of WOWQING, combining dance and fashion. Produced by Zig Zag Productions founded by Eliza Malecki and Mary O’Keefe, styled by Mary O’Keefe, choreography by Eliza Malecki, makeup by Mark White, founder of 5one7 Beauty. Video by Esli Israel.

Notes on a Thread

Notes on a Thread combines the passion of four artists uniting the mediums of music, fashion, hair styling, makeup, and photography to bring awareness to the ways the fashion industry contributes to climate change. Each collection of photographs, including the styling, hair, and makeup, is inspired by a piece of Western Classical Music. By presenting creative stylings in secondhand clothing, Notes on a Thread hopes to change society's perception of secondhand clothing in order to encourage environmentally responsible fashion. The result will be multiple collections of uniquely themed photographs that highlight the vast range of creative potential available with secondhand clothing and the intersection of fashion and classical music.

The photos below represent the following repertoire: