We recently took part in Late at Tate Britain: Lee Miller, where we were invited to take over the Quiet Space for an evening of reflection.

As part of the takeover, we created "A Guided Workbook for Designing Your Own Adaptive Fashion" alongside excerpts from "A QueerCrip Dress Reform Movement Manifesto" by Sky Cubacub.

Inspired by Lee Miller’s life and work across fashion, photography, and journalism, we developed the workbook as a way to explore adaptive fashion through a critical and imaginative lens. Adaptive fashion is often associated with simplicity and utility; however, Sky Cubacub’s work foregrounded the revolutionary potential of radical visibility through inclusive clothing for QueerCrips. We invited participants to consider: What might reimagined adaptive fashion look like if it did not seek normalcy? What could surrealist adaptive fashion be?

Participants were encouraged to design their own adaptive fashion piece for their body. What did it need? What might it look like? How could it be designed to align with their aesthetic?

We are grateful for the opportunity to develop and share this work, and for the collaborative support that made the takeover possible. Experiences such as this reaffirmed the importance of accessible, reflective spaces within cultural environments, and the potential of creative methods to open up conversations about bodies.

The workbook continued to be available as part of our ongoing practice and research.