This line is a depiction of who I am, who I was, and who I wish I could be. A dichotomy between the soft and sharp aspects of life as a woman. Losing softness and innocence as it’s slowly replaced with a hard outer shell. I became an angry person quite young when men looked at me like meat on my walk home from middle school. As I grew up, men in bars thought a single free drink and grubby, grabbing hands were a free ticket to my autonomy. As the years went by, my skin grew thicker, teeth sharper, and bark louder. I learned far too young that no one was going to protect me except myself. This line represents my longing for the days when I was still delicate, innocent, and soft. Before I had to prove the bite lying behind my bark. I created delicate flowers and fierce knights to protect them and all that is vulnerable from the dark nature of the world. Utilizing welcoming colors juxtaposed with black and white. Softness is portrayed through stretchy knits and delicate structures, and sharpness through dense TC-2 woven fabric with patterns and imagery. Rewriting history to avenge the little girl who needed a knight.