Apparition
appartion FW 2017
Depersonalization: the unsettling feeling of being both present and distant—like watching your own life unfold through a glass wall. It is the sensation of drifting outside yourself, it feels as if your reflection has slips into a ghostly realm and the self becomes a question rather than a certainty.
This collection is an exploration of that ghost reflection — the haunting image that stares back from the mirror. It carries not only our likeness, but the shadows of our insecurities, anxieties, and unspoken fears. Stare too long, and the edges blur, leaving us to wonder which parts of ourselves are real, and which are only illusions.
Through paired looks, I examine the divide between the self we present to the world and the self we keep hidden. The designs draw from the distortion and structure of the Victorian Era, where corsetry shaped bodies into visions both revered and unnatural, and from the layered extremes of Japanese street fashion, where complexity and simplicity coexist. The result is a study in contrasts — chaos and control, perception and truth — a visual reminder that even the clearest reflection may not show the whole story.
