N.O.W.

We live in a world that is constantly moving around the clock, being used to have control in everything that we do. And when we cannot, our minds bother us with the difficulty of acceptance. We have been raised to think ahead, plan ahead, continuously running to be the best, rushing to be something or become someone.However, running towards the future to reach our goals, which we believe is the essence of life, makes us become detached from our innermost being, ending in a race competing with no one else but ourselves.

The essence of life is being; when we become aware and connect more with the present moment, we reach a state of peace that can quiet the mind.The struggle and the insight it became known to many of us during COVID-19, where we’ve been forced to stand still, not by our own choice but by circumstance.

“Let it Emerge” are the words that inspired me during this project. As a maker, I partially want to give away the control to the wearer. I did not want to create something that is definitive, but rather transitory, manifested by the person who is wearing my clothes.

Therefore, each form is temporary, shaped and reshaped in various ways by the use of magnets, mirroring the restless mind and the struggle to remain present. Bringing us to understanding that life itself is a continuum of impermanence.