“An Ode to Memory” - lineup looks 1-6 #dylanmekhí #season1 An exploration of the self and individualism through community, an examining of culture, heritage, and personal history through my childhood and young adult memories via an Afro-Caribbean upbringing. Looking at characters whose paths crossed over mine lending to the development of my experiences and perspective. Both positive and negative, memory webbing, rhythm syncing. Commenting on the significance of those around us who unintentionally form the fiber of our beings through the complex webbing of crossed paths. Family members, friends, lovers, neighbors, uncles who aren’t uncles, cousins who aren’t cousins. Community Conversations Experiences Memories Dreams Does the self exist without these things? Does the self exist without the collective? Self-design within the collective - with a focus on the experience of alienation and stereotypes. The search for community and like-mindedness that goes hand in hand with that feeling. Wet skin dries in the sun The collection explores an expression of Creole and Jamaican aesthetics, informed by Caribbean philosophy and the notion of the literary movement “créolite” - an active process of forming identity. Looking forward to a post-essentialist future. Ultimately Creoleness is a celebration of diversity and a negation of what it sees as false universality. Consistency in honoring the concept of community with a democratic approach to clothing. A UTOPIC RE-ENACTMENT IN DISRUPTION OF THE EXHAUSTED GAZE ——— models: @randy.mccowan @hayleywilllll @ch.al.hi @nailah.imani @04009 @need.s_