Inspired and drawn from personal experiences caring for my dementia suffering grandmother, ‘I don’t see you’ strives to empower women throughout the wide variety of stages in their life, reuniting them with memory and focus of their past life experiences. Watching my grandmother, Annie Cairnie, decline into another character throughout her diagnosis, I have opened a whole world of research of the human brain and what it really is. Do we have a brain, or does our brain have us?
The 6-outfit autumn/winter 23/24 collection unites colour and texture to achieve striking and powerful contrasting silhouettes that dive into the concept of one’s perception of life, and how it can be interpreted
differently when the brain is altered or damaged.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
Outfit 1 - Conscious
Inspired by a fully functioning brain - pre-diagnosis of dementia or memory loss. Resembles youth and capability by highlighting all segments and sections of the brain that control our every move and thought.
Outfit 2 - Deterioration
Parts of the brain are starting to fade away and present us with a new deteriorating character, memories are starting to blur. The natural toned unitard base garment presents a gathered hole on the side seam to introduce the beginning of the dementia diagnosis, however the stuffed burnt orange brain piece shows this only to be visible from some angles - a true representation of trying to catch the early symptoms of the disease.
Outfit 3 - Incapacitated
This outfit represents fully memory loss. A slip chiffon dress is used to represent the hole in the centre of the brain caused by dementia and communicate that the person has lost something. Surrounded by isolated laser-cut shapes, the garment presents the concept that the brain has been shattered. Puffed circular sleeves display stuffed clover shapes, again referring to the centre and memory of the brain being lost.
I Don't See You - Full Collection
Displaying the variety of stages and deterioration of the brain throughout one's lifetime.
I Don't See You - Full Collection
Displaying the variety of stages and deterioration of the brain throughout one's lifetime.
