Existential

  • Eleanor Thompson
We are never truly still; even to try would leave our hearts pumping blood through our veins and our minds constantly murmuring an internal dialogue. And the world we live in is constantly murmuring, a gentle sway which is only lived once.

Jean Paul Sartre’s novel “Nausea” fed the visual inspiration for this collection; while physical objects are not described, his words instead convey a feeling, or motion. Representations of crashing waves, of billowing clouds and swaying trees create movement, not of speed or urgency, but a gentle movement as the world passes by.

Couture, evening women’s wear. Designed not for the woman who is still to be photographed, but she who moves with elegance and confidence.
Existential by Eleanor Thompson
Existential by Eleanor Thompson
Existential by Eleanor Thompson
Existential by Eleanor Thompson
Eleanor Thompson
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