'LUCID SLUMBER' SEEKS TO PRESENT AN EXPLORATION OF THE WAY WE CONNECT TO LIFE AND THE WORLD WHILE LIVING IN AN AGE WHERE EVERYTHING IS CONVENIENCE-DRIVEN AND DIGITAL.

THE PHILOSOPHER SØREN KIERKEGAARD EXPLORED THESE THEMES IN THE 19TH CENTURY, AND I NOW BELIEVE THEY ARE MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. IN HIS BOOK EITHER/OR, HE SUGGESTS, MOST SLEEPWALK THROUGH LIFE, WAKING UP FROM THIS STATE IS NOT THE HARD PART... IT'S CHOOSING TO STAY AWAKE"

THE DISCONNECT PEOPLE OFTEN EXPERIENCE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES CAN GO UNDETECTED AND THESE CLOTHES EMULATE THAT. THE CLOTHING IS SOFT AND EASY TO WEAR. THE PYJAMA IS A COMFORT THAT IS HARD TO TAKE OFF.

THE STRIPE SERVES AS A CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION. I HAVE USED DIRECTION AND PLEATS TO MANIPULATE THE STRIPE AND CREATED TWISTED SILHOUETTES TO EMULATE GETTING STUCK IN THE SHEETS AND THUS STUCK IN THIS WAY OF LIFE.

PILLOWS AND DUVETS DRAPED ON THE BODY CREATED THE INITIAL SILHOUETTES. AND THE RECTANGLE SHAPE OF THESE ITEMS INFORMED THE PATTERN CUTTING AND THE PADDING PROCESS.

SLEEPWALKING THROUGH LIFE IS EASY, BUT NOT HOW I WANT TO LIVE. WAKE ME UP!