COMFORTABLE
1. A refuge; a nostalgia; the calm before or after. 2. The affluence of ease. 3. Fear of the future, rehearsed. 4. Pleasure as convenience; measured longing. 5. Space protected to forget that protection is required. 6. Invisibly armoured.

Photograph by Norbert Schoerner from The Concise Dictionary of Dress publication, published by Violette Editions in association with Artangel. The Concise Dictionary of Dress was at Blythe House from April - June 2010. Installation by Judith Clark, text by Adam Phillips. See here for details.