🐚 The Shape of Water: Underwater Fashion, Collaboration, and the Butterfly Effect
One of Earth’s four sacred elements, water is so vital that without it, life would vanish. But water doesn’t just sustain life—it shapes it.
As a girl from the land of 10,000 lakes, I fell in love with water early. I took swimming lessons in still-frigid spring lakes, went canoe camping in the boundary waters between Minnesota and Canada, waterskied, floated down rivers on inner tubes, kayaked rapids, bodysurfed ocean waves, and ice-skated on frozen lakes. I've danced with every form water can take.
This story is woven in both word and image. Visual collaborators featured in the full Substack story include:
The Butterfly Effect: The Zena suit and butterfly wings. Photo of Linnea Snyderman by Cheryl Walsh
Designing for Water: Hannah Mermaid in a multicolor tulle skirt and bustier, photo by Brett Stanley
Dark Water, Golden Light: Hannah Mermaid in gold, photo by Andrea Hunter
Breathwork & Buoyancy: Linnea Snyderman and Jane Roques-Ficher in crocheted bodysuits. Photo by Justin Lutsky
Pools, Props & Play: Hannah Mermaid in the Zena suit by Justin Lutsky, Tokiko Mushashi in a lemon-toned sequin bikini and glitter mendi by Lisa Whitmore
Freshwater Magic: Hannah Mermaid in a flower embellished lavender bustier gown. Photo by Brett Stanley
Into the Ocean: “Be Balloon Aware” campaign, photo of Linnea Snyderman by Brett Stanley, Alohi Vega Alvarado in a silver swimsuit and skirt by photographer Kelly Hsiao
When Images Win: Lace gown image of Hannah Mermaid by Justin Lutsky, International Photo Salon, Proteus, Bulgaria. A Sea of Plastic: Linnea Snyderman in a plastic trash dress by Justin Lutsky for “Act on Plastic”
Water as Medium, Message, and Mirror: Water girl, before I knew I’d become one. Age 4ish, already plotting underwater magic.
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