The girl in gloves... Have you seen her?
This is her space. You will always find me here, although I created this mostly to find myself. I always tended to look back and inwards when trying to find a direction, creatively and sentimentally speaking. At times, traveling down the memory lane is something that brings comfort to my heart and fresh ideas to my head. Stardoll has been a crucial part of my life, specially at a young age. The creative outlet that the game allowed me to have is something that I treasure so much to this day. Playing dress up was - and still is - very fun to me. The endless possibilities to use every ounce of my creativity is what excites me the most, it's like a form of escapism.
To me, It was always important to own registers of what I created, they encapsulate phases of my life so accurately. Collecting my own work throughout the years was a form of creating a time capsule that luckily never got lost. This is why this blog exists, so I'm able to keep filling it for my future self in a way only I could understand and appreciate. I didn't create this space to be seen or get praised, I did it for me and my inner child. Nothing is forever, but I do hope this is.
As regarding the title of the project, it came to mind when I noticed that ever since early 2020, all my looks would include gloves - in different colors, lengths and fabrics - and that wasn't something I was doing consciously. It just felt right and necessary to add them as the final touch to all the volume and layering I naturally gravitate towards, they were never the starting point when I was making outfits. Still, I'm a bit uncertain of why I always feel the need to have my hands covered - either by gloves or long sleeves - but that became an inherent trait of my personal brand and I totally embrace it.
Does it make sense that a girl is wearing gloves all the time? It doesn't matter, it's not about the practicality, it's a visual artifice. Does she have a reason for it? Maybe she's just insecure about getting her nails done, or just lazy. Maybe it's like an alter ego, a fabricated persona. Or maybe it's a disguise, like a superhero. Maybe it's something about not leaving fingerprints behind, like a killer... No one will ever know. She likes to keep the mystery around her.