Investigating the relationship between architecture, the built environment, and fashion, the enclosure of the individual, Structured Feminine redefines what is “soft” and “feminine”. Hugging a woman’s curves and lines, but with structured building materials, the dress appears to follow feminine norms of flowing and accentuating what culture defines as what makes women beautiful, but in reality the materials are stiff and constricting.

The sound of the glass tinging against itself as the wearer walks turns curious heads recalling the dramatic scene in romantic movies where a woman enters the dance and all eyes fall upon her. This aural announcement mixed with the visual transparency of the garment calls the bareness and exposed-ness of femininity into question.