Every drip of oil on a soft cotton shirt, every smock smudged with traces of indigo, or a fresh rip in a battered pair of jeans is a sentence in the story of day’s work in America. Each piece relays where it’s been, what it’s seen, who has lived within it. It knows things. This series unravels these quiet details in the clothes that make the men and women who wear them, telling the stories entwined through the fabric’s folds and the leather’s creases. The proud scars of a job well-done. Because while styles are fleeting, the uniforms of creativity or expertise or experience are never truly gone. They just change and adapt, like a second skin. The Worn Project shows that while the clothing may be weathered with age or toil, the history revealed is vibrant and alive and uniquely human.