‘figural contradictions’
2025This series of garment
sketches takes form of the
wearer itself, a hybridized
form
between identities of
the self and the societal eye.
The housewife, often reduced to
vanity, is now proven resilient. Inspired by
the soft layering of Dior’s ‘Junon’ gown
and hardened by the structure of a
butcher’s apron, the fusion dress is
reworked in layered raw-edge cowhide
and cinched like a warrior with with a peplum
belt constructed of leather reused belts.
The hunter mini dress, drawn from the
silhouette of Midwestern erotic is
constructed of patched and painted tulle
coins, mimicking a draft of maple leaves.
A crown of deer antlers hug from the back,
honors the art of sport. Both pieces,
light and hard embody both female
empowerment and the male gaze.
Finally, a cape of sanctified lined and
embelleished with leather floggers,
shiny black vinyl, and hanging chains
exposes unspoken eroticism
hidden beneath practiced ritual.
digital collage