Choose Your Character: Clothing Swap & Poetry Pop-Up

Choose Your Character: Clothing Swap & Poetry Pop-Up at the Vizcaya Village Farmer's Market Courtyard
a project by Amalia Maria

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Guests refreshed their wardrobes and their creativity at Choose Your Character, a community clothing swap and poetry workshop. They brought clothing items to exchange and swapped for new (sustainably sourced) additions to their closets. Then, they channeled their fresh finds into creativity by writing persona poems inspired by their new clothing items.

To participate, attendees brought a summer-inspired piece—shorts, dresses, skirts, or tank tops—to exchange.

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Amalia Maria is a writer and educator devoted to facilitating self-expression through clothing, art, and creativity. She believes in the power of poetry and sustainable fashion as a vehicle for body reclamation.