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This collection is an exploration of emotional states and inner struggles. Each piece represents a different state of mind: angry, weighed-down, wounded, numb, and finally, emerging, taking the audience through various emotional challenges, and end on a hopeful note that she is overcoming them. A central theme interwoven through the collection is the sense of being confined and disabled, shown by the constraining nature of the garments. The wearers are unable to move much in them, and even are quite literally “sealed in” the fabrics. They are, however, not completely paralyzed by the garments, and when the wearers walk in them, their actions are analogies of the active battles with emotions, foreshadowing the final piece which depicts the emergence from the confinement of the inner world.

 

 

 



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A very special thank you goes to illustrator + animator and my roommate during quarantine time, Yihan Wang, who has tremendously helped me in this project as a model, photographer, videographer, and so much more. Without her, the completion of this project would have been impossible in a time when we lost access to school studios and facilities due to COVID-19.


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