Second Skin

Second Skin represents the moment identity begins to shift in response to experience. It captures the early stage of transformation, where the self is no longer untouched, but not yet fully understood.

The figure appears adorned and constrained at once, suggesting a body learning to carry what it has been given. The materials and styling act as both protection and weight, forming a layer that is not entirely chosen, yet becomes inseparable from the self.

This “second skin” is symbolic of adaptation, the way we reshape ourselves to survive environments, expectations, and emotional realities. It is not inherently negative, nor entirely freeing. It is necessary.

Within the Remembering collection, this piece stands as a beginning. It marks the formation of identity through experience, the quiet moment where change is no longer avoidable, and the body begins to remember what it must become.