Homecoming
Inspiration
My graduating collection is based on a visit I made last summer to my late grandparents’ farm in the rural western U.S. Upon returning and staring out at the vast hay fields speckled with farmhouses and granaries, I was immediately flooded with flashbacks—memories of my childhood summers spent there: tire swings, wheel lines, sofas with plastic covers. Memories of people that seem to be stuck on a loop in time. While this nostalgia filled me, it was also clear to me how different I am from the little boy that used to visit. It made me aware that all these memories are just that… memories. This collection is about honoring those echoes of the past while still holding true to who and where I am today. It’s about visiting the past, but not wanting to reside there.
Materials
The materials I chose for this collection are specifically selected to evoke certain feelings and flashbacks to those memories from my grandparents’ farm: burlap potato sacks, beautiful velvet covered in plastic, and a natural silk so light that when it catches a breeze, you can almost smell the wheat fields as the wind dances across them.
Collaborations
This collection is realized in collaboration with Katia Nilles, Undergraduate in Atelier Design student.
Credits: photo by Filippo Fior and Salvatore Dragone / GoRunway
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