The piece consists of a felted goat-hair poncho layered with silk organza stripes, organza bulbs filled with glass beads, and a steel welded cage. Beaded-pocket organza socks and four-layer silk organza striped shorts hang delicately over the structure. Every material moves gently between softness and rigidity, flow and tension, never settling but always oscillating.
From garlic compresses and herbal teas to hydrotherapy, the designer reclaims fragile moments of childhood healing and reimagines them into physical form. The transparency of organza doesn't hide the wound—it reveals it. The steel cage becomes a vulnerable kind of armor, all covered by a final layer of tenderness. What face does healing wear in our memory?
To dress the body may, in the end, be an act of holding the self, of wrapping oneself in quiet care. Through this gentle, uncanny, and strangely beautiful garment, we revisit a moment long gone yet still alive in our skin.
FAQ
What kind of work is the Garlic Socks project?
Garlic Socks is designer @_cassiaaaaa_'s graduation project, originating from childhood memories of garlic placed in socks to treat colds. Composed of goat-hair felt ponchos, silk organza, glass bead-filled bulbs, and steel cages, it reconstructs emotional and physical moments of healing through fashion language.
What materials were used in the Garlic Socks project?
Goat-hair felt, silk organza, glass beads, and welded steel were used. The organza socks feature beaded pockets, and four layers of silk organza striped shorts are delicately arranged over the structure, expressing tension between softness and solidity.
What message does this project aim to convey?
It reinterprets childhood healing memories through fashion, conveying that the act of clothing the body is quiet care for oneself. The organza's transparency reveals wounds, the steel cage becomes vulnerable armor, expressing simultaneously healing's softness and tension.
