A tribute to this season of adapting to the challenging but beautiful new way of life.
As we are in this time where we face threat to our health every day, we need to adopt a new habit of shielding ourselves with a mask. We have the choice to see it as something more of a restriction to our lives, or a way to protect us.
An oyster is protected by its hard shell and sometimes rough outer look, but inside we can catch a sight of beauty. Just like it, we need to remember the most important thing is the strength and beauty of who we are under the mask.
Fabric is something beautiful we wear daily, covering our body and expressing our style. And so it becomes an inspiration of revealing something beautiful.
Mother of pearl is used to symbolise beauty covered by the alluring gold.
The exploration mainly focused on the draping shape of fabric and how it uncover the pearl hidden underneath. The chosen shape was able to simply display our design intention.
We continued to explore different details and sizes of fabric on the gold. The aim was to create best an organic and natural look.
We designed the mother of pearl to look as if the gold was draping over it, and so we thought of the best construction to make the fabrication process easier.
The final design illustrates the gold draping over the lustrous mother of pearl, revealing the beauty.
“But your view will no longer make me think twice.
About the person I am or the beauty I hold.
My hidden beauty will unfold.”
- Alyssa Marquardt