Disquietude: a state of uneasiness or anxiety. Dreams are an interpretation of our sub-conscious; our most intimate and personal thoughts that can rarely be expressed outside of the mind. Nightmares and bad dreams reach another level of our unconscious – our deepest fears. It is said that we normally sleep through a bad dream, however our body wakes us up when we are experiencing a nightmare. This demi-couture collection is an intangible story told through the medium of clothing, integrating unconventional yet traditional methods of process and construction. The main use of handwork, textile manipulations and craftsmanship is important to the concept of the collection. Each of the 6 looks featured is derived from a fear or nightmare I have experienced that the rest of the world can as well relate to. Disquietude begins with a commonly experienced nightmare and progresses until the highest level of fear – the end of life. The journey of this collection leads to an overcoming of one’s phobia or trauma; an enlightenment and acceptance within oneself.
“When we think of the unending growth and decay of life and civilizations, we cannot escape the impression of absolute nullity. Yet I have never lost a sense of something that lives and endures underneath the eternal flux. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.” ― C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
