My thesis concept came together through a series of conversations that I have had with friends and family members about the nature of my own sartorial taste. My tendency to wear oversized, neutral, “unsexy”, menswear inspired pieces of clothing on a daily basis was questioned… My instinct was to leave the conversation or shut them up, because they just didn’t “get me”. Instead, I tried to challenge myself to think deeper about why I actually reject my femininity so much. Why do I choose to hide my body? And why do I judge those who dress with more sex appeal so harshly?

The process of building this collection was intended to make me a little uncomfortable. I wanted to represent the act of continuing a difficult conversation of disagreement throughout my design process.

I wanted to see if I could create something that I love, that still has my DNA, but with inspiration/ input from the otherness.

My goal was to find new points of commonality, or to find where things can merge successfully. It’s not about changing who I am or what I think, but about finding where I wanted to give, and where I wanted to take.