Of Many, 2025
The overlapping of my lived experience and my ancestral memory concocts a rich point of reference in the direction of belonging. The Viennese iron works that surrounded my childhood and the recollection of eastern ornamentation inform the prints in this collection. Prints that subjugate historic and cultural references into the elementary pattern of stripes and polka dots. These decorative motifs, both rigid and fluid, reflect the clutter of identity and place. Coins are embroidered onto light mesh, their weight contrasting with the softness, symbolizing memory and exchange. The silhouettes feel weightless and are worn with ease. Sheer glimpses reveal vulnerability, and clean lines offer stability. “Of Many” is an open-ended promise: belonging is not something to be defined, but something to be lived in.
photos by Thandi Roe
modeled by Sofia García-Peña and Josephina Mbappe Murmann
assisted by Emma Bitzer and Cooper Callender
silk chiffon with printed polka dots and fur
self lined cotton voile with printed stripes and mesh
silk organza on cotton voile with printed stripe, coin chain
cotton bobbinet and mesh
cotton lycra blend, silk organza and cotton bobbinet embroidered with coins 
silk chiffon with printed polka dots, lined with cotton bobbinet
double layered mesh with coin embroidery
sequins revealing abstract floral pattern on aplaca wool
cotton bobbinet, bias boundcollection video here
video by Carson Petree, sound by Hank Underwood