Chanda Corset

Chanda CorsetTHE STORY I read something once that I could not shake for days: "She did not ask for space. She simply expanded until there was enough." I kept thinking about what that looks like on a body. Not aggression. Not noise. Just a woman who fills a room the way a deep breath fills a chest, completely, without apology. I wanted to make something that physically does that, something that lifts, that defines, that makes the torso feel like a declaration.

I had worn that shirt to approximately forty seven events and the sleeve had quietly given up on life without telling me

Captured in the rhythm of a beating heart

with two chevron-shaped pieces fully lined in 5A-grade diamond-cut zirconia

unapologetically regal hat

To preserve the braided leather’s integrity

architectural finish

·         Item: Waist chain belt

or a simple dress

·         Material: Silver-plated copper with Zirconia 5A diamond-cut machine stones

shaped into two open floral motifs that connect and drop from a hook closure

I was reading Out of Africa one evening

the kind of earring that looks like it has a story of its own