Much attention is being paid to a recent Calvin Klein advertisement featuring the Kardashian-Jenner sisters on a red and white quilt. Quilts are finding themselves on the catwalk and in the stores of Paris and New York.
“For Mr. Kiracofe, the fashion world’s embrace of quilts is long overdue. ‘Quilts have been ghettoized or boxed in as women’s work or “Americana,”‘ he said. ‘To see them get a little more edgy, it’s important.’”
I am flattered to be quoted alongside Amelia Peck, curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Read the full article, "This Old Thing? Quilts Hit the Catwalk" at The New York Times.
