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Search and Rescue

You’re the rescuing kind.

From friends trapped in boring conversations to the French bulldog-beagle puppy now ruling your roost, you love to save the day.

Which makes you a perfect candidate for Dolan Geiman’s latest stroke of genius: Rescued Clothing. A visual artist who specializes in multilayered paintings, Geiman’s extending his artsy-DIY-reconstructive aesthetic to the masses — using hand-printed and stitched patches, screen-printing, found fabrics, and vintage accents to spruce up tired T-shirts, button-downs, cardigans, jeans, skirts, and just about anything else you pull from your closet.

The catch: Taking direction is not his thing. You hand over your garment and get back a one-of-a-kind work of art.

If it doesn’t turn out like you hoped, take heart. You’ve been rescued.

From looking the same as everyone else.


Dolan Geiman (773-279-9161 or dolangeiman.com). Designs on display at Ignite!, 800 West Superior Street at Halsted Street, Sat. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. (312-229-1701 or genart.com).