Tales from under the Elastic
By Katie Sarra
This collection uncovers the stories from under the elastic. It holds up the lace and silk and cotton. It holds up the PVC nylon and polyester. It holds in our intimate parts. It discloses and hides at the same time. We know what’s in there dressed in so many ways. Every pair of knickers has a story.
Knickers become part of the fabric of the bodies total communication with the social world… this is the discreetness of the knickers message. So wearing sexy or un sexy underwear are gestures to the self unseen but this gesture is non the less communicated in our interactions. They have a tactile and privately visual presence under our clothes that sits as a layer of consciousness expressed indirectly or directly in our interactions with others.
A tale from under the elastic
The knicker is a social boundary, it expresses something about the identity of the occupant but it hides from the social gaze the most intimate gestures of the body…those which we are common to us all but kept out of sight and smell. The knicker can be seen as partly a castle, partly a seductive entrance …without the knicker, desire can find no where to imagine its self. The knicker can be a fortress to protect the occupant from the perceived attack of the gaze or can be an invitation to explore.
