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Bio

Secret Lentil is a line of clothing - well, no, it really isn't. It's more like an art project that produces clothes - unusual, artistic clothes made from recycled fabrics. It's probably shaped more like a spiral than a line, just as I am more of a sculptor than a seamstress.

I'm Helen. Each Secret Lentil piece is designed and hand made by me. Nothing is mass produced. I don't use patterns. I build each piece by combining my artistic senses and skills with the dynamic parameters inherent to working with existing and found materials.

I create through my own process of fabric alchemy: it is not traditional sewing and these are not traditional clothes. What they are is unusual, durable, comfortable, flexible, funky, fun, solid, freaky, geeky, earthy, and mildly addicting.

Secret Lentil exists in the real world - in a big drafty warehouse studio in Syracuse NY. You can visit me. I have a dressing room and racks of clothes for you to shop from. And mildly sloppy grammar. Also, my studio seems to have more sun than the rest of the city, a mystery I contemplate daily.

http://secretlentil.com

Born on October 8