WHAT IS MISSING REMAINS explores absence, memory and inherited silence through the language of dress. Rooted in Chantal Akerman’s Saute ma ville (1968) and post-war domestic life, the collection draws on 1940s utility clothing and military archetypes as traces of lives shaped by restraint and repetition. Familiar garments are disrupted through reversibility, exposed construction, faded surfaces and displaced details. Tailoring, lingerie and protective forms coexist throughout the collection, while material interventions suggest wear, erasure and memory. Rather than reconstructing the past, the project considers what remains when histories, roles and experiences are no longer fully visible.
