My work synthesizes my learned femininity with new explorations of selfhood. It emerges from the intersection of familial and institutional aesthetics, melding with the pop culture of my youth. This convergence forms a new language for life through garment creation, through the reshaping of problematic femininity. I utilize traditional fashion techniques to develop this language, translating the practice of new pattern and textile design into tangible ideals. Garments become vehicles for change, requiring playful, transformative performances to break free from past patterns. By embracing textiles as a functional tool for crafting new life patterns, we can challenge the cycles imposed on us since our inception.