Aricoco’s amazing garments (they were on display at the New York Studio Gallery) are made from fabric scraps, vinyl, latex, buttons, and newspaper, stitched together by hand.  Each one is formless when unoccupied but takes shape when someone puts it on.

These pieces reminded me of crinolines, latch hook rugs, chairs by the Campana brothers, and the way homeless people sometimes dress in layers and layers of clothing.  There were looped videos in the gallery of the artist modeling them herself, but I really wanted to see a gallery-goer choose one, buy it, and wear it right out onto the streets of the Lower East Side.