A moment between frou & flou falls into place
Images : Marie Taillefer @ Gallois Montbrun
Modèle : Valentine
Provider n°1 : Prototype
A moment
between
frou & flou
falls
into
place
A draft of a dress
incomplete
yet replete
with pleats,
tucks, puffs,
puckers and crimps
crisp
folds and furrows
gathered
together in layers
threaded and pinned
to (almost) perfection.
The heavy
topples the light
makes it fall;
ripple, roll,
down;
the hard pushes
the soft
makes it
compress, contract
or expand-
even explode.
Frou-frou
in french
is above all
A sound
Like the snishing
Of silk or
The rubbing
Of paper
Around the waist or
Between
The fingers.
In Victorian times
clothing was much about
sound
as it was material, shape
or colour
(when mauve was the
new black)
you could hear fashion
coming.
In couture
flou is the dress
indistinct, unsharp,
rippling
with edges
that extend
to infinity.
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