DEFORMITY IN ITS BEAUTY

Furniture and Fashion Design

My scoliosis has been an inspiration to me for a long time. I love how it doesn’t make sense why a spine would just decide to grow in its way. I enjoy researching and finding inspiration in the topic. I designed a chair with scoliosis and experimented with some chairs in my house. For one chair, I removed the back and placed my scoliosis X-ray. For another, I used recycled paper as the backbone of the chair. In another, I simply drew a spine on the back of the chair. Lastly, I had a transparent chair where I sat facing backward so you could see a woman with scoliosis sitting in it. This served as inspiration for creating chiffon and mesh dresses with simple silhouettes, topped with corsets featuring scoliosis silhouettes, emphasizing the beauty in deformity.

Photography:  Jorge Ibañez.

All work by Paulina Chapa.