While working on this collection for the past four months there was a shift that occured when the war in Ukraine began. What I felt captured the pulse of today no longer did. As I would go through my own troubles in my personal life. I began to think about escapism and the different ways people find it. My role as a designer in today’s turbulent times is to provide hope. Discovering Joni Mitchell's music Specifically, in her song 'River' with the lyric, "Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on." The song encapsulates those feelings of escapism. Will be posting looks soon from my collection entitled, I wish I had a River.