The World In Between

May 20, 2026

“The World In Between” is a collection based on the concept of communication across two dimensions; the contact between living and death. It focuses on the connection you can have in your daily life with a deceased person. Since the passing of my parents I’ve learned a lot about death, and the negativity that surrounds the subject. Death is normally portrayed as a dark and heavy concept. Although I understand this narrative, in my eyes death can be light. This project is about my perspective of death, a visual research. Death can be so many things, by showing a different way of looking at the subject, I hope to tell a more positive story. A new way of looking at death and proving there is life after death, even in the smallest of things.

The Spirit

Within this abstract concept you see the Spirit Dress, the dress mimics how a spirit shows itself. When standing (or hovering) still, you won't see my mothers face on the skirt, yet when it moves, the face reveals itself. Apart from the face, when moving, the fabric glides, it moves unnaturally. This character of the skirt reinforces its story. The dress is more than just a dress. The spirit can only be observed when it wants to. This garment was inspired by my experiences with mediums, spirits and stories from my friends/family. The face on the skirt is neutral. A spirit lets go of its earthly emotions, so it was only fitting to use this image.

The rebirth

I’ve researched the option of the return of physical communication. What happens then? My mother believed we would be reunited in a next life. We’ve been mother and daughter or sisters before, so we will be again. The Rebirth explores this possibility. Its colour, purple, has been linked with spirituality, it has been the only colour in the collection. The other garments have purple, but only as lining fabric. Here, the dress fully explores the colour. Life is chaotic, so is this dress, nothing is truly straight, yet everything has been intentionally added. The ultrasound hangs above the womb. Showing the next stage.

Symbolising a new life and such concluding the last.

The Rembrandt Jacket

When a person dies, you can find solace in the clothes of the deceased. This jacket has been reinterpreted by a cardigan my mother used to wear almost daily. Loved ones called this cardigan the Rembrandt. A big warm cardigan gives the wearer a sense of protection, just like how I would wear this after her death, to feel more connected.

The issue with wearing someone's clothing when they have passed is that even though you feel closer, it is just an illusion. The person has still passed and is not physically there. The jacket looks big and warm, yet is transparent and cold.

The Rembrandt Dress

This dress has a reinterpreted pattern of my mothers cardigan. It is a corseted dress that restricts you in your movement. Although the knitted material makes it seem like it can give you a sense of warmth, it doesn't. Enhancing the narrative of wearing a loved one's clothing.

The Medallion Suit

Just like a piece of clothing, people wear jewellery to feel close to a deceased person. It is an age-old tradition. Instead of literally visualising the jewellery, I created a pattern from the medallion that I wear every single day. It has been engraved onto leather. By not just wearing the piece, but actually embodying the jewellery.

Leather engraved with the pattern of my medallion.

The Abyss Jacket & Dress

The fabric of these garments tell the story. It originated from solving the problem of the amount of left over little pieces of fabric from my project. Organza is a very see-through material. By sewing these together you create a sense of depth. The texture of the fabric almost brings you into another dimension. As if you are searching in the unknown for said loved one.