BLACK EXTENSION GOWN MADE ENTIRELY OF HIDE LEATHER AND LINED WITH SATEEN SILK
TWIST NECK LATEX GOWN MADE WITH RECYCLED POLYESTER BLACK PONTE COATED WITH SILVER LATEX TO CREATE DRIP EFFECT, ALONG WITH LEATHER SLEEVE GLOVES
SILVER LATEX GOWN MADE WITH IVORY BRIDAL SILK, COATED WITH SILVER LATEX OVER PLEATED CORSET AND EXTENSION TRAIN, ALONG WITH SHEER WHITE SLEEVES AND SILVER NECK COLLAR MADE WITH LEATHER
DESIGN STATEMENT
THE CONCEPT FOR THIS COLLECTION IS BASED AROUND SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH ADVERSITY AND THE PERSEVERANCE OF DARKNESS THROUGH HUMAN MORTALITY. THIS IS INFLUENCED BY MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES AND INTERPRETATION OF PREVAILING THROUGH DIFFICULTY, AND THE STRENGTH THAT DEVELOPS AND FORMS THROUGH CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES BUILDING MORE DEEPER UNDERSTANDINGS OF CONQUERING ADVERSITY AND REVEALING LIGHT THROUGH DARKNESS.
THE CONCEPT IS REFLECTIVE OF EVOKING A SENSE OF EMOTION THAT CAN BE FELT AND EXPERIENCED BOTH BY THE WEARER AND VIEWER THROUGH VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DISPLAYING THEMES OF DISCOMFORT AND AGGRESSION, WHICH I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT NOTHING EVER GETS ACHIEVED IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE ITS THROUGH BEING PUSHED AND CHALLENGED THAT YOU CAN GROW AND BUILD YOUR CHARACTER AND IDENTITY. THE CHOICE OF MATERIALITY WILL CONVEY THE CONCEPT THROUGH THE USE OF RESTRAINING AND RESTRICTIVE MATERIALS SUCH AS LEATHER AND LATEX WITH THE CONTRAST OF LUCID AND FLOWING MATERIALS SUCH AS SILK, KNIT JERSEY AND SEMI-SHEER AND TRANSPARENT FABRICS THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN FABRICS WILL COMMUNICATE THE IDEA OF CHARACTERISTICS BEING CHANGED THROUGH HARDSHIP.
WHILST THE AESTHETIC WILL BE DARK, I WANT TO USE THE FEMALE FORM AS A REFERENCE FOR BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE WITHIN THE COLLECTION AS I WANT TO ENHANCE THE FEATURES OF THE FEMALE FIGURE IN A COQUETTISH WAY THAT CAN BRING A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT, AND TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE AND THREATENING PRESENCE WHILST STILL BEING FEMININE I WANT A CONTRAST BETWEEN STRENGTH AND EMPOWERMENT WITH FRAGILITY AND VULNERABILITY WHICH REPRESENTS THE MORTALITY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.