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THIS COLLECTION IS A BEGINNING, AN OPENING STATEMENT AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE VAST SPECTRUM OF DIRECTIONS MY WORK CAN TAKE. INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE TYPICAL STRUCTURE OF A COLLECTION, IT SHOWCASES MULTIPLE IDEAS THAT I COLLECTED OVER THE PAST YEARS AND FINALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO LIFE.
THIS REFUSAL TO CONFORM IS ROOTED IN MY OWN STORY DROPPING OUT OF FASHION SCHOOL TO FIND MY OWN PATH, A PATH THAT VALUES DECONSTRUCTION AND EXPERIMENTATION OVER RIGID RULES AND FORMULAS. I VIEW DECONSTRUCTION AS HONESTY AND AUTHENTICITY RATHER THAN IMPERFECTION. I VIEW EXPERIMENTATION AS INNOVATION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION RATHER THAN VIOLATION OF THE RULES.
THE COLLECTION IS FULL OF SYMBOLS OF SPIRITUALITY AND RESILIENCE, FROM A DREAMCATCHER ACCESSORY, A SLOGAN THAT QUESTIONS POWER AND BELIEF TO PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS AND DETAILS THAT REMIND OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR VISIONS, HOPE AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS. AT THE SAME TIME, RAW SEAMS, HIDDEN STRUCTURES, AND OVERLOOKED DETAILS ARE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE, TRANSFORMING WHAT IS USUALLY INVISIBLE INTO SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING. THIS INTERPLAY OF STRENGTH AND FRAGILITY REFLECTS BOTH PERSONAL JOURNEY AND COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE, MOMENTS OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL, OF INVISIBILITY AND PERSISTENCE, OF BREAKING APART AND BEGINNING AGAIN.
THIS COLLECTION IS A DECLARATION THAT I WILL NOT BE CONFINED TO ONE FORM OR MEDIUM, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN MANY DIRECTIONS AT ONCE. IT IS THE FIRST STEP IN A JOURNEY BUILT ON HONESTY, VISION, AND THE COURAGE TO EMBRACE INNOVATION.
DESIGN
@danielalexanderweiter
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@uknowjasmin
@zidnimelati
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