‘figural contradictions’
2025This series of garment
sketches takes form of the
wearer itself, the
contradictions between
their self-identity and the
public perception.
The housewife, often reduced to
vanity, is proven resilient in a gown
inspired by the Dior ‘Junon’ and
a butcher’s apron reworked in layered
raw-edge cowhide and cinched with
a warrior’s corset constructed of
stacked belts.
The hunter mini dress, drawn from the
silhouette of Midwestern erotic
dancewear, is lightly constructed of
tulle coins, mimicking maple leaves.
A crown of deer antlers hug from the
back, echoeing gun culture. Both pieces,
light and feminine and harshly structural
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
speaks on the unposken eroticism
hidden beneath ritual.