Freewear, 2007-2008
Freewear are clothes created with free materials provided by the NYC infrastructure. The Postal Gown is the first product is made out Postal Tyvek envelopes than can be found in any postal office or can be order in the website of the United States Postal Office. All the notions needed to sew the dress were freecycled in its totality, using a network of free economy named Freecycle.
The Postal Gown is a revival of the Paper Dress of the 60’s, which was extremely popular because it only cost one dollar and was disposable. The Postal Gown does not have to be thrown away after use and is completely free.
Along with the exchange of goods, Freecycle also have an exchange of stories, you are open to encounters with strangers and the city which may have been otherwise foreclosed by dominant modes of exchange and consumption. Hacking the Postal Office to get the main resource - the envelopes - also enables you to detour the purpose of the infrastructure to turn the city against itself.
