An empty dress

This translucent mesh dress is an exhibit in The Hepworth gallery. As with yesterday’s photo, I didn’t take note of the artist of the name of the piece unfortunately.

It did make me think that there are going to be an awful lot of unfilled dresses in clothing stores around the world right now. I’m not sure of the lock-down restrictions in other countries but, here in the UK, non-essential shops are now closed, including clothing stores. The only places selling clothes at present (online excepted) are supermarkets that happen to have clothing sections.

Given the fast-moving pace of fashion, by the time the lock-down is lifted most of the clothes currently sat unpurchased in stores due to the coronavirus will be either out of fashion, or out of season, likely prompting huge sales when the shops re-open as they attempt to clear stock for new autumn lines (assuming the lock-down is at least partially lifted by then) and to try to recoup some of their investment.

Also, while most shops are cleaned frequently, I wonder just how much dust will have settled by the time they need to prepare to open to the pubic again. A situation like this gives rise to so many things that I never really gave thought to before – even things as everyday and mundane as vacuuming a store each night.

Minolta SRT 101b, Rokkor 50mm f/1.7 & Ilford HP5+ (@800).

Taken on 14 March 2020