Elizabeth presenting the Life Dress in her Materials class final, all two rows of it that are assembled.Photography by Jonathan Ystad
This semester has been the semester of disappointment—both for me and my professors—as I presented half finished projects and weak excuses for my own shortcomings. Of course grad school is hard. That is why one doesn’t flagrantly fill one’s schedule with work, projects, and responsibilities that are going to compromise one’s performance. And yet, last semester was also a time of accomplishment for the same reason—be it the Stern Business Competition and our project (already in the semi-finals), FashionCamp and the phenomenal people I worked with, Startup Weekend and the dedicated team Startup Matchup, or the Winter Show and my short lived flirtation with the press. My compromises have lead to some surprisingly beneficial results.
Regardless I see all this aptly summarized in Jonathan Ystad’s picture of me presenting my progress on the Life Dress during the materials final. Yes, a progress report at finals. I only had two rows of the dress composed of the nine rows that I finally settled upon. I suppose I am cursed with this project. At least, with each iteration, I draw closer to completion. We’ll see if I will ever be satisfied with the project.
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