The collection “Inner Desire,” looks at the relationship between clothing and identity, drawing from my focus of corsetry and lingerie. Through layering different outfits, I aim to capture the multifaceted personas we adopt to navigate social settings, highlighting the subconscious choices we make to create and extend our inner selves. This exploration reflects the intricate balance between revealing and concealing, offering a visual manifestation of the confidence gained through personal style.
References and inspiration
Mood board and color story
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Illustrations and Jewelry details
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Fabric choices, Construction process, Pattern development
Look 1
Muslin fit, Process photo, Flats, Draping, Model try on
Look 2
Fitting, Detail shot, Process photos, Flats
Look 3
Fitting, Process photos, Flats
Look 3 Corset Process
Cutting, Patterning, Assembly
Look 4
Detail shot, Process photos, Flats, Photoshoot
Look 4 Details
Detail photos, Process photos
Look 5
Muslin test, Dress form try on, Flats
In the collection Inner Desire, I explore the interplay between darkness and light; elegance and sultriness. Showing how we prepare to go out into the world, that clothing is our barrier and its use as a form of protection. The layering of different outfits represents the duality of one’s personality and how different personas we portray help us to navigate social settings. What we wear represents our subtle yearning to stand out and be noticed yet with the desire to shield but only just enough.
The decision of what one wears is sometimes a subconscious choice that serves as a way to create a persona to both hide and extend one’s inner self, evoking a sense of emergence and means of self expression. The dark fabric contrasts with the light representing the duality we create with our attire. The darkness symbolizes the protective barrier we create with our attire, while also reflecting the personas we project onto the world. Conversely, the bright hues signify a desire to stand out and make a statement against the darker colors representing the desire to shield oneself. This juxtaposition reflects the inner conflict between revealing and concealment, with the colors of the silks subtly shifting as one moves—a visual manifestation of the confidence gained from an outfit.
Overall my work in fashion expresses such themes as disability, nature, visibility, and the parallels drawn in our world among them. I balance the parallel of medication and Persephone’s pomegranate seeds, the idea of being able to be liberated yet controlled at the same time, along with the empowerment that these things can provide us. As nature shows and hides things from us, we all have our own traits that we would like to either show or hide. My work conveys the parallels between mythology and medication, between nature and disability, and between showing and concealing.