The short version:  I'm an artist, not a fashion designer. I sculpt clothes.

The long version for word lovers or people trapped in waiting rooms who like to pass the time by reading:
Secret Lentil is an art project that results in clothing. I'm concerned - no, obsessed - with form, line, texture, detail ... and lucky you: comfort. My work is sculpture, your body is the gallery. I'm an artist, not a fashion designer. I sculpt clothes. I don't do seasonal lines or collections, and with a few exceptions I don't make duplicates.

How I work and what you're getting: I am making these clothes with my own two hands.  I guess you knew that right? But in this world of factory-made everything I just wanted to say it out loud. With most of my work I am designing each piece as I make it. Sometimes I work from a raw sketch or concept, or maybe the title of a poem I like, or a vision of a seedpod or a newt. There are no patterns. There are no duplicates. I rarely step in the same cotton jersey twice ... or something like that.  So you are getting clothing that only exists once in this world - clothing that is comfortable, flattering, unique - basically it's casual couture.


People tell me that my clothes have changed their lives. I am not making this up. Sometimes they are so sweet that I cry. This attention also makes me squirm, more than a little, and I'm tempted to lock my studio door and lie down on the floor, rocking gently while gazing, unfocused, at the ceiling pipes … but there it is:  My clothes are often more comfortable than I am. Go figure.