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Things embedded in the collection:

Bra's
underwear > sport bh with transparent fabric and elastic band with text
socks
sunglasses > is this possible?
jewelry > hoops made of barbed wire
> collaboration?

AVOID:
corset references
basic/meaningless nudity
normative feminine shapes?

Feminine values/traits/things women are taught feel shame of:
crying
empathy
motherhood
predicting emotions of others
listening
social profit
feminine crafts
vulnerability
creativity
period
aging

shared values:
intelligence
education
craftmanship

devalue:
money
violence
consumption
financial profit
enlightenment
statistics
degrees

HOW TO REPRESENT EMPATHY
written texts, poems, letters, lyrics
story telling, spoken words, performance
touch
soft, hugging materials

HOW TO REPRESENT DEEPLISTENING
long texts, forcing people to take a moment and read
place it on the front for confrontation consciousness and discomfort

HOW TO REPRESENT SOCIAL PROFIT
collaboration with young designers and traditional craftmanships
check where I buy my fabrics and materials
representation through models and resources
devaluing financial profit

HOW TO REPRESENT VULNERABILITY
written texts telling a story of fear, trauma, experience
transparent materials
taking the armor off
embracing unsupported shapes and bodies by the fashion industry

HOW TO REPRESENT INTELLIGENCE
WESTERN SOBERNESS/ CLEANLINESS DOES NOT REPRESENT THIS FORM OF INTELLIGENCE

HOW TO DEVALUE MONEY
make it worthless > fake money
use money for societal growth instead of financial profit. make it socially important instead of it representing western wealth/ architecture:
make it represent iconic social growth, signed papers of accepted laws, social artworks, feminists, political heroes, demonstrations

HOW TO DEVALUE ENLIGHTENMENT
value subjectivity > empathy
fuck up an encyclopedia by making it non factual.

HOW TO DEVALUE VIOLENCE
???????????????????????
make it worthless, take away every reward for it
people will seek violence some place else

only focus on vulnerability?
maybe all these feminine values will make t chaotic

but ingrain aspects as thinking of social profit, deeplistening, empathy, devaluing of money,

what does vulnerability look like:
connection > furniture, buckles, closures, cooperation with local business and artists.
alliance
transparency
honesty > transparency, natural and fair-trade materials,
acceptance

synonyms of vulnerability are mainly negative:
weakness
defenceless
at risk
in danger
open for attacks
expose

synonyms of vulnerability should be:
honesty
connection
growth
sympathy
confidence
embrace

do I want to represent vulnerability as feminine or do I want to represent it as human?
Do I need to link it to masculinity to be able to make it relevant?
Or will showing vulnerability as feminine only strengthen the stereotypical thought that vulnerability is a female trait?

How can I make space for men within vulnerability without the need of involving masculinity/patriarchy?

Vulnerability isn’t feminine for me. It’s a human trait and a human state of being that we all need to experience in order to grow as a person. So I’m not visualising it as feminine.
But how can I visualise something as human when we’ve placed literally everything in boxes of masculine and feminine?

If I would visualise my story, how would it look?
show hurt, damage, growth, connection and honesty.

vulnerability is:
not walking away for your emotions, accepting them and embracing them on the spot, in the environment that you’re in right at that moment.
opening up about your fears, failures, insecurities and traumas to people, so you’ll look at each other as more human.
embracing your insecurities, physical and mental.

DESIGNERS WORKING WITH >VULNERABILITY< , >BREAKING OF PATRIARCHAL VALUES< AND >GENDER NORMS<

antonyms of vulnerability are:
guarded
protected
safe
strong

antonyms of vulnerability should be:
shame
weakness

Our society is based on a patriarchal system where human emotions and qualities are divided between "male" and "female". In this system the "male" is always valued above the "feminine". Emotions and traits that have nothing to do with gender, such as caring or assertiveness, are seen as "feminine" or "masculine". The male is powerful, the feminine is weak.

Vulnerability is seen as a feminine and therefore weak emotion, which we prefer to hide because we are ashamed, because we fear it.

Why do we fear vulnerability? What makes us fear rejection so much, making it impossible for us to open up to others, to embrace our purest self? Why are we so ashamed of our imperfections, insecurities and traumas?
As a society, we must ensure that vulnerability is seen as courageous and strong rather than weak. Vulnerability creates connection, processing and relief. It’s a human trait and a human state of being that we all need to experience to be able to grow as a person.

So, set a shift of value in motion, where we will let go of this patriarchal system that has oppressed and ruled for too long. Let us live without the narrow gender norms and see ourselves and each other as the complex, evolving human beings that we are.

Let us be vulnerable and finally, once again feel connected.
Let us be loved by ourself.