A reflection of our present time—a worldwide pandemic, the earth at halt stuck in a liminal space. The transitional purgatory evokes a physical and emotional discomfort as the old world falls apart but yet unknown of the new existence. The overwhelming emotion of being within a space that felt familiar in the architecture of open spaces yet uncomfortable as these spaces around London were completely empty provoking eeriness. We are all standing in a threshold.

 

The top was inspired by how our bodies react to this discomforting emotion within a liminal space, the agony of discomfort, a twisted disarming design. Translating the discomfort the body and the mind within a liminal space into clothing, I began to experiment with what unease would look like through a jacket. Creating shapes that portray discomfort in the body, the intention is too heighten this feeling of unease to the viewer.