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Digging Through the Crates, Summer Studio Notes

Digging Through the Crates, Summer Studio Notes

I am in the midst of archiving of all our prints. I literally pulled out a print yesterday that I forgot I made.

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Art Direction, behind the scenes

Art Direction, behind the scenes

Behind the scenes from our Charlot House shoot in Honolulu. We made a whole deck. We described it at length. And then somehow, it actually looked exactly like what we imagined. Straight magic.

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Outdoor seating area with chairs and a disco ball, leading to a rack with hanging clothes.

more modern mu'umu'u

Language of the Birds makes print driven, ethical clothes. We were founded in Honolulu and our studio is now an unheated barn in Upstate NY. We design all our prints. We cut and sew our dresses in the US.

Colorful silk scarf with mosaic tile print draped on dress form, modern wearable art

our prints

We are concept driven and our development may span years. We love history and embrace a research heavy process. Our prints are held in a museum collection and our work has been recognized by Pantone.

our dresses

We tie our lineage back to the history of feminism and the “reform dress.”  We take the essence of historic Mu’umu’u forms and make them modern. Forms are suitable for all types of work and play.