In this collection, I use imagery from the fashion world — couture, mass-market fashion, fashion advertising, and catwalk icons — not to copy them, but to paint, draw, and write right through them. I take the existing ideal of beauty and scratch, polish, and paint my own truth over it. Because fashion is supposedly about being yourself, yet it constantly screams that you need to be thinner, more muscular, younger, and more perfect than you will ever be.
My texts are the antidote. They are raw, sarcastic, sometimes gentle, sometimes painfully honest. They say: become the best version of yourself, but the version that LIVES, laughs, makes mistakes, and embraces itself — with dark circles, a goofy laugh, a little belly, scars, or insecurities. The world expects a six-pack, a sharp jawline, and endless discipline. I say: you can shape yourself, but you don't have to deny yourself.
Faces that live, not posing perfectly
The faces I draw are sometimes cool, sometimes awkwardly beautiful, sometimes not conventionally pretty at all. And that's precisely the point. I show that beauty isn't just about symmetry and highlighter on your cheekbones, but rather in wrinkles, imperfections, and expression. Not everyone needs to be runway-ready. But also not "I don't care about anything"-sloppy. It's about freedom. About the right to be beautiful in YOUR way, without applause but also without asking permission.
A love letter and a middle finger to the fashion world
This collection is both an ode and a protest. A love letter to style, color, self-expression, and the magic of an outfit that makes you feel like you can conquer the world. And at the same time, a middle finger to the fashion industry that teaches you to doubt yourself before you even look in the mirror.
I paint over fashion magazines, scribble texts on perfect models, and cover designer dresses with graffiti thoughts. Because you can strive, but you don't have to break. Because being beautiful is fun — but losing yourself is not.
Fashion can be art. Art can chafe. You can exist — exactly as you are.
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