TIGHT
1. The holding in that is a holding out for something. 2. Restriction as exposure. 3. The triumph of continence. 4. Squeezed; mean; tensed; lithe; sleek; close; in readiness. 5. The intimate as threat and embrace; the line between torture and comfort. 6. A gathering, a collecting, a smoothing over.

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.