The new window display at Space Out Sister is an exhibition of photographic stills of a mysterious woman, a vintage mannequin adorned with a satin and lace dressing gown over a cotton nightdress, a pair of lace gloves, antique boots, hats and a vintage corset, Made in Éire by Twilfit.
…through the window exhibition we catch still, fleeting moments, whilst her presence and spirit guides us and invites us to look, whilst remaining ever more, little by little, out of frame…in an ever so enchanting way…
…the spaces in between, the circular nature of life, in all its stages mingle and merge. Delicately celebrating each moment from the full blossom of life through to the fragments of the inevitable stages of decomposition and decay. Each of these glances with the various in between stages, are celebrated as a beautiful cyclical unfurling, provoking quiet introspection…
…these pieces all cumulate, intriguing us, creating a barely there, appearing and disappearing vignette…mysterious whispers surround and envelop, softly dynamic yet alluding us…
The corset featured in the window exhibition was Made in Éire by Twilfit. Twilfit Foundations traces back to Leethems (Twilfit) Ltd, a corset and foundation garment manufacturer established in Portsmouth around the 1920s, with a significant Irish presence in Dublin.
The factory and head office (c.1928-2018) was located at Jervis Street & Abbey Street — built as a modern, Art Deco-style corset factory in 1928–30. It employed around 300 workers, featuring large windows, electric lifts, and modern machinery .
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Leethems branded their corsets “Twilfit” (a play on “it will fit”), emphasising Irish-made production and affordability compared to imported goods. totallydublin.ie
With grateful thanks to Deirdre Macken for her help bringing this exhibition to Space Out Sister.