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Translating and exaggerating the movement of the jaw.

A project exploring the relationship between public and private space through travel.

The Process of travel is one of communal and ritualistic action. However unlike most communal experiences like eating at a restaurant or seeing a concert, travel processes are rarely celebrated by the collective. Traveling is a process that offers a rare situation in which we are surrounded by strangers in unusually close proximity for long periods of time. Through this project I aimed to reside within this close proximity with strangers asking what constitutes Private vs. Public space. Changing perceptions of the space is often easier than changing the actual space.

The Suit is the physical manifestation of intimate space through travel. The wearer owns more space surrounding the body and can cover or uncover her identity when the situation calls for each.

The suit allows for the wearer to be completely enclosed by the garment with drawstrings at the waist and the arm holes. The face guard sits loosely under the nose and can be pulled higher or lower. The entire piece only requires 3 pieces of fabric cut into simple geometry for easy replication and production. The suit represents a simple, affordable, and quite fashionable way for the traveler to feel comfort, anonymity, and pride throughout a process of public transportation.