PARADISUM
"PARADISUM" Explores the strong and free reconstruction of the self where words overcome fears and the self, moves a step closer to the "promise land". A workwear inspired streetwear collection combines an explosion of colour, print and macramé, will make you fight against your demons and the darkness that once hunted your heart.
I a textiles based designer who loves the challenge of working with other types of materials beyond fabrics and mixing them together to create a strong and meaningful piece. I am driven by the passion to learn and grow both aesthetically and technically. Learn new perspectives and ways of doing things is what I search to help me mature not only as designer but also as a person.
For my final collection I revisited the past. During my childhood I suffered bullying dealing with darkness within my spirit and mind, and that just broke me, so the purpose of this project for me was to overcome those times and remind myself that the only thing who let other people break me into pieces is just myself.
So, within the project I decide to bring the concept of freedom, exploring it through drapes. also the concept of breaking the shell I built around me while closing myself from the world and other people, this concept of breaking shell was explored through oversized garments, digital print and macramé and the mix between the fabrics and rope.
Was hard working this project because was me travelling through my memories that I had closed in my own head to not remember those times again but for the other side I think I would not be able to live my life happy if I didn’t fight them, and this collection brought purpose for my degree and for my final collection.
The aim of the project was to bring awareness of mental health and show to people who are suffering from bullying that happiness is possible but giving up is not an option, we have to fight against us and our demons and we will win and we will achieve the happiness we desire. But with what’s going on in the world because of the pandemic I wasn’t able to finish the collection, but that will not stop me to construct this meaningful collection, once again I will keep fighting and I will close this chapter of my life so then I can live free of the darkness and sadness that is following me since childhood, the time to react is now and this fight is necessary for myself and for others who are suffering from it, the last thing I want to say is for those who find themselves in darker places and in continuous sadness and that is you are enough, you are a fighter and this battle is inevitable, but you will win and be happy, so hang on there because you are not alone.
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Graduate Fashion Foundation
- Fashion and Textiles
