Refashion is a reimagining of a painting of Louisa Pipkin. This painting echoes the style of Western portraiture, and demonstrates the strength of character that exists within a leader in the community. Here, Mrs. Pipkin is shown wearing clothing that indicates her position without being ostentatious. On her head, Mrs. Pikin wears a head wrap known as a tignon, which was imposed by laws in New Orleans to limit freed Black women from showing their hair in public. Instead of being restrained by this law, tignon's became a symbol of pride, an expression of creativity and homage to African heritage. Commonly in this era, women in portraits were surrounded by items that reflected their hobbies and interests, and symbols of their wealth and status in society. In Refashioned, Mrs. Pipkin appears modest and shares her portrait with four monarch butterflies, that are linking her to the memories of her children still living in enslavement.