Material Institute
@materialinstitute.bsky.social
New Orleans cost-free art and education nonprofit for music, fashion, and community gardening
Tape Dress 📐
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Model: Dejah Miller
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo cotton blend, eyelet transfer technique
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Model: Dejah Miller
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo cotton blend, eyelet transfer technique
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tape Dress 📐
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Model: Dejah Miller
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo cotton blend, eyelet transfer technique
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Model: Dejah Miller
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo cotton blend, eyelet transfer technique
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Abyss 🕳️
Designer: Cierra Wyche
Model: Cydney Leah
Materials: iron dyed light stretched bamboo cotton blend
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Cierra Wyche
Model: Cydney Leah
Materials: iron dyed light stretched bamboo cotton blend
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Abyss 🕳️
Designer: Cierra Wyche
Model: Cydney Leah
Materials: iron dyed light stretched bamboo cotton blend
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Cierra Wyche
Model: Cydney Leah
Materials: iron dyed light stretched bamboo cotton blend
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Cursed Dress 💀
Designer: Shanti Broom
Model: Elijah
Materials: analog knit cotton yarn, pattern inspired by plaid, model sewn-in
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Shanti Broom
Model: Elijah
Materials: analog knit cotton yarn, pattern inspired by plaid, model sewn-in
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cursed Dress 💀
Designer: Shanti Broom
Model: Elijah
Materials: analog knit cotton yarn, pattern inspired by plaid, model sewn-in
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Shanti Broom
Model: Elijah
Materials: analog knit cotton yarn, pattern inspired by plaid, model sewn-in
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Hoshizora 🌌
Hoshizora is a dress dedicated to loved ones who’ve passed being the Japanese word for starry heavens: where ancestors reside.
Designer: Trinity Carter
Model: Sonder Simiya
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Hoshizora is a dress dedicated to loved ones who’ve passed being the Japanese word for starry heavens: where ancestors reside.
Designer: Trinity Carter
Model: Sonder Simiya
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hoshizora 🌌
Hoshizora is a dress dedicated to loved ones who’ve passed being the Japanese word for starry heavens: where ancestors reside.
Designer: Trinity Carter
Model: Sonder Simiya
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Hoshizora is a dress dedicated to loved ones who’ve passed being the Japanese word for starry heavens: where ancestors reside.
Designer: Trinity Carter
Model: Sonder Simiya
Materials: naturally dyed bamboo yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
The Heirloom Dress 🗝️
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Model: Ten Spencer
Materials: logwood and iron dyed bamboo yarn, elastic salvage yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Model: Ten Spencer
Materials: logwood and iron dyed bamboo yarn, elastic salvage yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Heirloom Dress 🗝️
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Model: Ten Spencer
Materials: logwood and iron dyed bamboo yarn, elastic salvage yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Model: Ten Spencer
Materials: logwood and iron dyed bamboo yarn, elastic salvage yarn
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Blue Matter 🌀
Designer: Blue Matter
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: indigo dyed knit wool dress, synthetic expression hair
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Blue Matter
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: indigo dyed knit wool dress, synthetic expression hair
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Blue Matter 🌀
Designer: Blue Matter
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: indigo dyed knit wool dress, synthetic expression hair
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Blue Matter
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: indigo dyed knit wool dress, synthetic expression hair
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Multi-hyphenate 🔀
Designer: Sam Touche Bowler
Model: Gabriella
Materials: iron liquor and pomegranate dyed cotton fleece, bamboo yarn, copper shield
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Sam Touche Bowler
Model: Gabriella
Materials: iron liquor and pomegranate dyed cotton fleece, bamboo yarn, copper shield
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Multi-hyphenate 🔀
Designer: Sam Touche Bowler
Model: Gabriella
Materials: iron liquor and pomegranate dyed cotton fleece, bamboo yarn, copper shield
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Sam Touche Bowler
Model: Gabriella
Materials: iron liquor and pomegranate dyed cotton fleece, bamboo yarn, copper shield
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Cosmic Lily Pad 🪷
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Vanessa Praman
Materials: bespoke knit - model sewn in, golden horsehair thread
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Vanessa Praman
Materials: bespoke knit - model sewn in, golden horsehair thread
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cosmic Lily Pad 🪷
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Vanessa Praman
Materials: bespoke knit - model sewn in, golden horsehair thread
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Vanessa Praman
Materials: bespoke knit - model sewn in, golden horsehair thread
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Tawawa Paper Dress 👗
Designer: Alaina Newell
Model: @m4hea
Materials: paper yarn, linen-cotton yarn, cyanotype
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Alaina Newell
Model: @m4hea
Materials: paper yarn, linen-cotton yarn, cyanotype
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tawawa Paper Dress 👗
Designer: Alaina Newell
Model: @m4hea
Materials: paper yarn, linen-cotton yarn, cyanotype
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Alaina Newell
Model: @m4hea
Materials: paper yarn, linen-cotton yarn, cyanotype
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Eyelet Cross Dress ⚔️
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Chealsea Coleman
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: 100% Italian cotton dyed with black walnut and iron liquor
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Chealsea Coleman
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: 100% Italian cotton dyed with black walnut and iron liquor
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Eyelet Cross Dress ⚔️
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Chealsea Coleman
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: 100% Italian cotton dyed with black walnut and iron liquor
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Chealsea Coleman
Model: Melany Cutno
Materials: 100% Italian cotton dyed with black walnut and iron liquor
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
You can look at it, long as you don’t grab it 🫦
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Tia Bernard
Model: DJ Flowerchild
Materials: 100% merino wool, lace design using eyelets, roping, ruffles, cable stitch
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Tia Bernard
Model: DJ Flowerchild
Materials: 100% merino wool, lace design using eyelets, roping, ruffles, cable stitch
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
May 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You can look at it, long as you don’t grab it 🫦
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Tia Bernard
Model: DJ Flowerchild
Materials: 100% merino wool, lace design using eyelets, roping, ruffles, cable stitch
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Tia Bernard
Model: DJ Flowerchild
Materials: 100% merino wool, lace design using eyelets, roping, ruffles, cable stitch
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Mob Wife 👠
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Gregory Johnson III
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: pinstripe knit, reconstructed screen door
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Gregory Johnson III
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: pinstripe knit, reconstructed screen door
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
May 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Mob Wife 👠
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Gregory Johnson III
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: pinstripe knit, reconstructed screen door
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
A closer look at work from our recent Little Black Dress Industry Panel 🖤
Designer: Gregory Johnson III
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: pinstripe knit, reconstructed screen door
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
LBD for a Baddie 💅🏾
Designer: Material Junkie
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: felted wool and alpaca, iron liquor and pomegranate dye
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Material Junkie
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: felted wool and alpaca, iron liquor and pomegranate dye
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
LBD for a Baddie 💅🏾
Designer: Material Junkie
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: felted wool and alpaca, iron liquor and pomegranate dye
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Designer: Material Junkie
Model: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: felted wool and alpaca, iron liquor and pomegranate dye
#lbd #littleblackdress #knitweardesign
Music Showcase Saturday
May 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Music Showcase Saturday
Meet The GET tracking vocals, cello, piano, and guitar for “De los tiempos que eran antes.”
May 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Meet The GET tracking vocals, cello, piano, and guitar for “De los tiempos que eran antes.”
Meet Whitney Mixon tracking vocals for "Sorry"
May 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Meet Whitney Mixon tracking vocals for "Sorry"
Woven Denim Jumpsuit 🧬
Willie Ingram spent 51 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Below, in brief, is Mr. Willie's story and the background on the garment inspired by it — designed by Samuel Touche Bowler.
Willie Ingram spent 51 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Below, in brief, is Mr. Willie's story and the background on the garment inspired by it — designed by Samuel Touche Bowler.
April 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Woven Denim Jumpsuit 🧬
Willie Ingram spent 51 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Below, in brief, is Mr. Willie's story and the background on the garment inspired by it — designed by Samuel Touche Bowler.
Willie Ingram spent 51 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Below, in brief, is Mr. Willie's story and the background on the garment inspired by it — designed by Samuel Touche Bowler.
Corseted Walnut Jumpsuit 🌰
Designer: Chelsea Coleman
Materials: walnut-dyed corseted denim
#jumpsuit #walnut #naturaldye
Designer: Chelsea Coleman
Materials: walnut-dyed corseted denim
#jumpsuit #walnut #naturaldye
April 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Corseted Walnut Jumpsuit 🌰
Designer: Chelsea Coleman
Materials: walnut-dyed corseted denim
#jumpsuit #walnut #naturaldye
Designer: Chelsea Coleman
Materials: walnut-dyed corseted denim
#jumpsuit #walnut #naturaldye
"Hi, Mom" 🧤
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Kayvon’s mom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim, leather, red madder-dyed thread, shells
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Kayvon’s mom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim, leather, red madder-dyed thread, shells
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Hi, Mom" 🧤
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Kayvon’s mom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim, leather, red madder-dyed thread, shells
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Kayvon Kousha
Model: Kayvon’s mom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim, leather, red madder-dyed thread, shells
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Meet James Johnson Jr. tracking vocals for “Track 3.”
March 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Meet James Johnson Jr. tracking vocals for “Track 3.”
Ancestral Realm Travel Suit 🪞
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Materials: indigo-dyed modular denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Materials: indigo-dyed modular denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
March 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ancestral Realm Travel Suit 🪞
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Materials: indigo-dyed modular denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Denisio Truitt
Materials: indigo-dyed modular denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Indigo Warrior ⚔️
Designer: Shanti Broom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Shanti Broom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Indigo Warrior ⚔️
Designer: Shanti Broom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Designer: Shanti Broom
Materials: indigo-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye #indigo
Seam Star 🌟
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: naturally-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: naturally-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye
March 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seam Star 🌟
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: naturally-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye
Designer: Serenity Sandifer
Materials: naturally-dyed denim
#jumpsuit #denimstyle #naturaldye
March 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM