“I’m the worst at being commercial. It’s my Achilles heel,” confesses New York-based artist Cheryl Donegan. But for someone who sees herself on the sidelines of the industry, admiring the cool kids from afar, she’s not exactly a newbie. On July 2, two dozen of her new ensembles will be presented in Aspen, Colo., in a fashion show complete with a casting call and choreography during her solo exhibit, “Cheryl Donegan: GRLZ + VEILS,” which will run at the Aspen Art Museum through Dec. 16. Donegan, whose textile works and one-off garments are the antithesis of fashion’s sales-driven, revolving-door reality, advances previous performances for New Museum and NADA art fair by upcycling Print All Over Me’s basics in exclusive prints of her digital photographs through hand-dyeing, cutting and weaving. “It would be incredibly exciting if I could create my own silhouettes,” she says, making do in the meantime with the online service’s standard, long T-shirt and silk slipdress transformed into various outcomes from a crop top to a toga, which are for sale in the museum’s gift shop at prices more in line with commercial clothing than loftier art prices. “These are simple techniques that can be found on Pinterest and that everyone, especially

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