Following previous experience with functional and technical design at AFFXWRKS and Heliot Emil, I felt a shift in my design philosophy, with an urge to practice a more instinctual and exhaustive approach through an exploration of drape and surface texture. Titled Through the Blackened Wind, my womenswear collection emerges from themes of isolation and endurance, drawing from The Weather Diaries series by Cooper & Gorfer, which examines the impact of unrelenting weather on creative expression among artists in West Nordic communities. Influenced by the region’s profound environmental consciousness, I work exclusively with natural fibres such as cotton, linen, and hemp, hand-dyed with locally foraged plant dyes - with a commitment to no plastics and animal-based materials in line with my ethics. With an appreciation of both drape and structure, natural and technical, I look to carry this versatility and design responsibility into future roles in pattern cutting and technical design.