Michaela Stark designs lingerie that celebrates the body in all its forms. The Australian artist’s handmade pieces and intimate self-portraits subvert traditional ideas of what's considered flattering:
. “I started working with her team as a personal tailor and then just worked my way into becoming a designer,” she says. “When they requested garments, I would just be the first to be like, ‘I can do this’ and then pushed it and did it. One thing led to another.”
When starting a new lingerie piece, Stark drapes the fabric on herself in the mirror, continuing to do so until she gets the right distorted shape. The beautifully tailored pieces and the way she documents them, contorting her body for self-portrait, highlight the many interesting forms that our bodies can create -- away from the ultra-thin, idealized hourglass shape.
Wanting to design garments that are personal to the individual, Stark works like a couturier, creating tailored and bespoke garments that celebrate each of her client’s bodies -- and all their forms -- specifically. This, she says, comes from lack of interest to “fit in” to the system of the fashion industry. “I think the system isn’t really working right now and that’s become obvious to a lot of people especially in the last year,” she says.
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