Look 1: Coat, matching distressed asymmetrical button-up and shorts, socks, and crocheted necklace
Look 1: Back view
Look 1: View with no coat
Look 2: Half jacket with straps, slip, upside-down tank top skirt, with socks and crocheted necklace
Look 2: View with no half jacket
Please, Could You Be Tender? represents the contradictory feelings of desire and ambivalence toward marriage and the saying "to be loved, is to be changed." It is untraditional clothing for a traditional ritual; inspired by 19th-century brides who would wear the best dress they had in their closets, and by Jo March of Little Women. Jo's internal struggle of craving love without the sacrifice of her own independent desires is a universal feeling, even in the 21st century.
Photographer: Lauryn Ilasco
Model: Joanne Situ, Amaya Jayde Villahermosa
Critics Award
Winner
Vallejo, California
Knitwear
