Between Lines

Every garment begins as a cover, but every act of dressing becomes an act of writing. Between the wearer and the viewer, clothing functions as rhetoric—creating meaning, inviting interpretation, and transforming the body into a living text.
In everyday fashion, clothing carries a mission far beyond adornment or self-display. More often, we carefully construct our appearance to become who we wish to be, who others expect to see, and who society imagines us to be.
This collection explores the relationship between fashion and rhetoric by positioning the wearer as the author and the viewer as the reader. Just as rhetoric shapes the meaning of a text, clothing constructs identity through the body. The formation of a garment parallels the composition of writing, where structure, context, and expression are inseparable.
Flat textiles are transformed into sculptural forms inspired by the opening and closing movement of books, while layered constructions evoke the rhythm of overlapping pages. Linear elements weave throughout the garments, symbolizing the viewer's shifting gaze and the unfolding process of reading, interpretation, and reflection.