MONĒRE

FOR MY DESIGN AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT COURSE, WE WERE TASKED TO CREATE A LOOK ENTIRELY OUT OF WHITE MATERIAL, CONVENTIONAL OR UNCONVENTIONAL, AND SHOWCASE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. FOR MY WHITE PROJECT, I CREATED A LOOK TITLED, "MONĒRE." ​

 

EXPLORING THE IDEA OF BEING ISOLATED FOR BEING DIFFERENT, I LOOKED AT CHARACTERS, MONSTERS, OR FIGURES IN LITERATURE OR MYTH WHO WERE MISUNDERSTOOD OR CAST AWAY FOR THEIR APPEARANCES. I FOUND THAT ALL THESE BEINGS THAT EXUDED ABNORMALITIES WERE JUST LIVING THINGS WANTING TO SHOW THEIR HEART, THAT IS THE SAME AS THE NEXT PERSON, BUT FORCED TO BUILD TOUGH SKIN TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM HARM. 
 

ELONGATED LIMBS, STRONG SILHOUETTE, AND SHARP FEATURES EMBODY THE "LAYERS OF TOUGH SKIN" PUT UP OVER TIME, WITH A SENSE OF VULNERABILITY WITH THE HEART ON THE BACK. BACKS ARE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE TRUSTED, WHICH CAN BE SEEN AS A MOMENT OF PURE INTENT BY PEELING THOSE LAYERS OFF TO SEE THE HEART PROTECTED, OR A SENSE OF BETRAYAL THROUGH THE DISTRESSED NATURE OF THE TEXTILE. 

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PHOTOGRAPHER: ISABELLA C. GALARRAGA

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MODEL: JULIAN STUTMAN

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MUA: GIANLUCA BELLINI