DENOUNCING PANOPTICISM:
Turning Waste into Refinement
Hand-crocheted halter-neck dress featuring tie shell closures, a raffia-inspired tied waist, and a voluminous dropped-waist skirt composed of repurposed muslin strips transformed into flowing fringe.
Through deliberate material choices and labor-intensive construction, this look continues the collection’s interrogation of what materials are permitted to signify luxury and elegance. The movement created through fringe and raffia-inspired forms speaks to ancestral knowledge, craft traditions, survival, and cultural continuity, allowing the body to carry histories often excluded from dominant fashion narratives. By centering handwork, repurposed materials, and historically undervalued craft practices, this look reclaims adornment as cultural memory, transforming the garment itself into a visual archive and an act of resistance.