做纸裙的由来

I started following @2sisters_angie a little over a year ago. Back then she was posting the typical stuff you see from moms on Instagram -- pics of her daughter at the park and pics of her daughter eating breakfast.
几年前我在instagram上关注了@2sisters_angie这个账号，那时她发的就是些母亲们经常发的东西：女儿在公园的照片，女儿吃早饭的照片。

Then, about nine months ago, Angie's feed started to change. It became clear Angie's daughter (she calls her "Mayhem") was more interested in fashion than the average 4-year-old. Mayhem shunned her store-bought princess dresses and started wrapping herself with scarves and sheets creating her own styles.
大概9个月前开始，这个账号变得不太一样了。比起其他4岁的小孩，Angie的女儿（她叫女儿Mayhem）显然对时尚有更为浓厚的兴趣。Mayhem抛开从商店买来的公主裙，开始用围巾和床单包裹自己，打造自己的风格。

Then one day Angie got tired of finding her clothes in Mayhem's toy box and suggested they make a dress out of paper. Mayhem loved the idea and they haven't stopped creating paper dresses since.
然后有一天，Angie厌倦了总是在女儿的玩具盒里找到自己的衣服，于是提议用纸来做裙子。Mayhem喜欢这个主意，从此她们便一直用纸来制作裙子。

作品惊艳网友

I've been continually amazed every time Angie's pictures pop up in my feed.
每次我浏览订阅的内容看到Angie晒出的照片，总会对她们的作品惊叹不已。

给母亲的问题

Having a 4-year-old daughter of my own, I had a few questions for Angie.
因为我自己也有个4岁的女儿，我向Angie请教了些问题。

谈母女的分工

How much is done by you and how much is done by your daughter?
每件作品有多少是你做的，多少是你女儿做的？

The ideas are pretty much a 50/50 split, but Mayhem constructs a lot more than most people would probably believe. That's one of the best things about this project, I see her learning new skills every single day. At this point, she can lay the entire thing out and tape it together all by herself. Definitely, the more complex designs have more of my time invested, but she's literally always beside me learning something new.
五五开吧，Mayhem所做的远远超出了大多数人的想象。我每天看着她学习新技能，这是此事最好的方面之一。现在她已经能够自己设计整条裙子，并把东西粘贴起来。当然，设计越复杂，我投入的精力就越多，但是Mayhem一直在我身边跟我学。

谈裙子的材料

Are all the dresses made of paper?
所有的裙子都是用纸做的吗？

Most of the time. We use a lot of construction paper, but we also use tissue paper, wrapping paper, and gift bags. We have also used silk scarves, tulle, and aluminum foil. Clear packing tape and glue are our adhesives of choice.
大多都是。我们用了很多美术纸，但是我们也会用棉纸、包装纸和礼品袋，此外我们还用到过丝巾、薄纱和铝箔。干净的包扎带和胶水是我们的黏合工具。

鲨鱼裙

Where does she find her inspiration? Is she watching runway shows and award shows?
你女儿是从哪里找设计灵感的？她有看T台走秀和颁奖典礼吗？

We pull inspiration from wherever we go. The shark dress, for example, came as a direct result of her first visit to an aquarium.
我们从去过的任何地方找灵感。比如说这条鲨鱼裙，就是她第一次去水族馆后获得的灵感。

米老鼠

She also gets a lot of ideas from shows that she watches or books we read, like Minnie Mouse, My Little Pony and Elsa from "Frozen."
她也会从看过的表演或读过的书中汲取想法，比如《米老鼠》、《我的小马驹》以及《冰雪奇缘》中的艾尔莎。

模仿詹妮弗·劳伦斯

Sometimes I'll Google images the day after award shows, so she can see the dresses worn on the red carpet and pick which ones she wants to make.
有时在颁奖礼第二天，我会用谷歌搜索图片，让她看明星在红毯上的穿着，挑选她自己想做的款式。

模仿泰勒·斯威夫特

模仿泰勒·斯威夫特

模仿凯蒂·佩里

模仿凯蒂·佩里

模仿《天桥风云》

We also leave a tab open on our iPad with a search for "project runway dresses" so that we can quickly reference those as well. She's never actually seen an episode of Project Runway, but I did show her a clip one time explaining that there is a show all about making dresses.
我们也在iPad上留着一个标签页，搜索"project runway dresses"，那样我们可以快速将节目中出现的裙子拿来做参考。事实上她从没看过一集《天桥风云》，但是有次我给她看了一个片段，告诉她有这样一个关于服装制作的节目。

一生的爱好？

Do you think this is going to be a lifelong interest for Mayhem?
你认为这会成为Mayhem一生的爱好吗？

After we made our first paper dress, Mayhem requested another the very next day. Then another the day after that. And no one is more surprised than I am, that she still wants to make them nearly 9 months later. I have no idea if it will continue, but as long as she wants to make them, we'll keep doing it.
在我们完成了第一条纸裙后，Mayhem第二天就要求再做一条，就这样一直持续着。9个月后，她依然想要做，对于这一点没有人比我更惊讶的了。我不清楚她是否会保持这股热情，但是只要她想做，我们就会一直做下去。