COUTH

Explores the tension between humans and animals— creatures positioned in polarity, yet bound by an undeniable resemblance. Through the exploration of zero-waste pattern cutting in CLO3D, animalistic forms and silhouettes are diluted, traced and cut before being morphed into abstract drapes that contour the human form. By intellectualising these forms through digital softwares which are innately analytical, the essence of these animals are corrupted and dissolved to be more humanly palatable. The inner gowns are made of knits as a means of compression, to symbolise the suppression of our own beastliness as humans, and our attempts at defying nature's instinctual pulls.

This collection collides instinct and intellect in a mirrored tension — restraint and release existing in constant negotiation.