From toile, the French word for cloth, toilette evolved to describe the intimate ritual of dressing and preparing oneself.

This exhibition draws on their intertwined histories, while also referencing the dressmaker’s toile—the provisional garment used to test the structure of a final piece. Both evoke moments of adjustment and reflection, where form, fabric, and the body are composed before presentation.

Florence Reekie paints quiet fragments of the bedroom—draped fabrics, resting figures, and domestic interiors—often on found textiles such as curtain offcuts or moiré silk, where material becomes both surface and subject.

Isabella Benshimol Toro creates still lifes from domestic artefacts—clothing, sheets, and pillowcases—embedding them in resin to preserve fleeting arrangements and traces of the body.

In this pairing, fabric becomes both image and object, carrying intimacy, memory, and the quiet practices of private life. And ultimately, the works of Reekie and Benshimol Toro mirror the intimate exchanges of women at the toilette—preparing, reflecting, and adjusting together—transforming the domestic setting of this gallery into an intimate space where these shared rituals unfold for viewers.