s and how they manifest. The internet in Iran (for better or for worse) has become a radical space for self expression, political activism, and social life for youth whose lives are constantly oppressed by the dictatorship. This collection is not much a collection of garments as it is a collection of short stories and archetypes that are intended to give insight about life in Iran to a foreign audience. Cues are taken from internet culture, government restrictions on womenswear, the mandatory military draft, knockoff clothes, and youth disobedience. Transparent fabrics and pixelated textures are used to convey the feeling of being observed through digital screens and veils. Military uniforms are transformed into fine tailoring and traditional western fashion is deconstructed and reappropriated into uniquely Iranian silhouettes. The garments don’t show life with restrictions as much as they show life in spite of restrictions. Stories of oppression and censorship become intertwined with stories of joy and resilience and convey the story of a youth who create alternate ways of living for themselves both online and offline. The collection is intended to be genderless, through this lens a clearer picture can be painted of a society that’s been heavily policed into a rigid binary. Everyday garments and their inherent politics are examined and transformed into a version of them through experiments in pattern making. Furthermore all garments were made only using leftover deadstock fabric and all prints with digital waterless printing to keep the collection closer to what is feasible in today’s society and our planet.