I am a Fashion Design student, from Nottingham. I currently work in event planning and social media, while having a multitude of experience in fashion retail. My final year project, The Female Paradox, embodies contradiction, exploring the confusion of being a woman. I have explored themes surrounding beauty pageants, bodybuilding and more – ideas that confuse traditional femininity, extreme femininity, liberation and control, all the while looking at my female family history. My project relates to contrasting themes in my dissertation where I explore Brat Summer and the Clean Girl Aesthetic and how they relate to bigger ideas surrounding the female gaze. My ultimate aim is to empower women and I hope creating clothing can give a feeling of confidence to the wearer. For this reason, my collection is size adjustable; growing with a woman through body fluctuations and/or enabling women to share clothing, all leading to emotional durability.