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SYMMETRY OF VICE

SPRING 2022



look 01 BRIDAUSTERITY bias draped and hand sewn cotton shirting look 02 « DESIRE REGURGITATED “lust” » with a particular focus on extracting the suppressions of desire and regurgitating these decomposing parts of the self into disturbed, subverted preservations of the remnants of loss… the taxidermal resin casting of egg shells draped on and becoming part of the body… suppressed and subverted sexuality finds a quiet power in queer womanhood. . look 03 « FOOL PROVE » textured tailored blazer in canvas with straps ..hanging off the body … carried and shielding. look 04 « TAMING TULLE FOR THE INSECURE VAIN » in juxtaposition=/=parallel to look 03 (FOOL PROVE)… look 04 explores the uncomfortable yet unescapable urge to perform for the male gaze… the tender femininity molded to and jerking out of the body… the wildness of truth… the rebellion against an objectifying world… yet the exasperated yearning for validation. look 05 «MARCUS AKA DAYLIGHT» pants constructed with twenty panels of bleached cotton velvet and organza piping with an irregular , soft silhouette… featuring a yellow silk smocked circle in the sacral region for a provocative(to the audience) discomfort /&/protective(to the wearer) comfort… the right leg snakes into a perfect organza sphere that echoes circular comfort in asymmetry… held up by a thin waistband with two closures: a silver military buckle at front and blue toggle at back hugs the waist… yellow referenced from the MARCUS AKA DAYLIGHT portrait … recalls traditional Korean natural dyeing color philosophy… while owning the inner light of distinction as one’s power. look 06 « «TORCHED TAR AND THE COCOON OF SPACE » in ….SYMMETRY OF VICE…a lightweight, multi-wear jacket of slippery tyvek and foil-printed cotton jersey… arm puffs reminiscent of the soft structure by Charles James… with toggle details at the neck which latch the spherical drape of jersey that flip upwards and cocoon the wearer further… thumb holes at the edge of the superfluous sleeves give option for wearer to expose the fingers… melted teflon VS the stuffed teflon echoes the bleaching in look 05… forcible fabric manipulation techniques redirected to present beauty in irregularity… the jersey bottom flips up to expose the bottom half of the body while cocooning the torso.


              
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