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Series of embroidered textile "red flags"

Series of embroidered textile "red flags"

August 31, 2019

This is my ongoing series of "red flags" I've been making over the last year or so about dating, relationships and people in general. This series is inspired in part by the cultural pressure placed on women to be clairvoyants when it comes to men's intentions. Society often blames women for not predicting men's behaviour, as opposed to blaming men for mistreating women in the first place. This encourages women to internalise blame and feel ashamed for not "seeing" the red flags. These red flags are about some of the things I've learnt:

"Just because you couldn't see someone's red flags doesn't mean you deserved to be treated badly"

Just because you couldn't see someone's red flags doesn't mean you deserved to be treated badly

 

"When they expect you to be their girlfriend, without being your boyfriend"

when they expect you to be their girlfriend without being your boyfriend sophie king red flags embroidery textiles

"they only want you when they can't have you"

they only want you when they can't have you sophie king embroidery art instagram textiles red flags

"When acquaintances love them but people who know them hate them"

when acquaintances love them but people that know them hate them sophie king art embroidery textiles prints red flags

"When people derail conversations about social issues because they're not about them"

When people derail conversations about social issues because they're not about them

"When they refer to women as females"

when they refer to women as females red flag sophie king art embroidery textiles

"When they think compassion and emotional intelligence are signs of weakness"

When they think compassion and emotional intelligence are signs of weakness

My article on "Why women "ignore" red flags" Medium. 

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Embroidery In-Store Pop Up Event For Eileen Fisher

Embroidery In-Store Pop Up Event For Eileen Fisher

July 20, 2017

Recently I was asked to embroider in-store at a pop up event for Eileen Fisher.
Below is an example of the kind of designs I made, they're quite different from my usual style but part of the fun of custom work is I get to embroider things I usually wouldn't make myself. 
I loved seeing customers reactions to their personalised clothes.
If you would like to hire me as an embroiderer for your pop up event you can email me via kingsophiesworld@gmail.com 
embroidery in-store pop up event
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Tomorrow I will be at Eileen Fisher in Wimbledon embroidering these little designs onto customers white shirts! From 1-4pm 🍃🍍🌈🐝🐾🍋

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You're not a bad boy you're just a bad person

You're not a bad boy you're just a bad person

July 17, 2017

"You're not a bad boy, you're just a bad person" available here.
Hand embroidered 1950s vintage top.
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Stop romanticizing the "bad boy"

"Bad boys" are often portrayed as troubled but with a hidden sensitive side, that's supposed to redeem them. This misleads women to deny, minimize and justify the terrible actions of men because they're still a "good person deep down", that they "don't really mean it" and they're "not all bad".

The myth of the bad boy encourages women to overlook the bad in boys, despite how they mistreat them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence they don't have their best interests at heart.

Women believe that if they could just make them see the pain they're inflicting, they'd change. Nope. They're never sorry, you can't appeal to someone's conscience when they don't have one. The reality is, "bad boys" are just bad people.

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You're not a bad boy, you're just a bad person ⚔️❤ one of a kind hand embroidered 50s vintage top.

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LOVE CLOTHING LABEL

LOVE CLOTHING LABEL

June 29, 2017

LOVE CLOTHING LABEL
"LOVE" CLOTHING LABEL
New hand embroidery! Love is for everyone.

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RIP All The Famous Boys I Used To Fancy Until I Found Out They Treat Women Like Crap

RIP All The Famous Boys I Used To Fancy Until I Found Out They Treat Women Like Crap

June 25, 2017

Hand embroidery, available here.
When a famous man is found to mistreat women, society and the media tends to deny, minimise and justify their terrible actions. Or straight up victim blame.  
Every time a fan says they still like a famous man or his work, in spite of the way he mistreats women, they are sending the message that his behaviour is permissible.
This attitude is part of a whole culture that romanticises and normalises abusive people, relationships and behaviours.

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You're not a bad boy, You're just a bad person

You're not a bad boy, You're just a bad person

June 22, 2017

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Stop romanticizing the "bad boy". 

"Bad boys" are often portrayed as troubled but with a hidden sensitive side, that's supposed to redeem them. This misleads women to deny, minimize and justify the terrible actions of men because they're still a "good person deep down", that they "don't really mean it" and they're "not all bad".

The myth of the bad boy encourages women to overlook the bad in boys and how they mistreat them, to give them the benefit of the doubt. Even in the fact of overwhelming evidence they don't have their best interests at heart.

Women believe that if they could just make them see the pain they're inflicting, they'd change. Nope. They're never sorry, you can't appeal to someone's conscience when they don't have one. The reality is, "bad boys" are just bad people.

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New Embroidery

New Embroidery

May 26, 2017

"My aesthetic: girls who have been treated badly finally in caring and respectful relationships."
Free hand embroidery! Completed 26th of May, 2017.

my aesthetic girls who have been treated badly finally in caring and respectful relationships

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Hand Embroidered Real Roses

Hand Embroidered Real Roses

February 27, 2017

I decided to embroider onto some roses. I wanted to subvert the traditional meaning of roses, that signify love and deface them with statements about betrayal. 

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