Seppuku Knit Dress

This knit dress drapes the body in a sheer, marled slate wool/acrylic blend, shifting between opacity and exposure as it moves across the form. The asymmetrical neckline collapses softly over the chest, while woven bands of denser knit wrap diagonally across the torso and hips, acting as both brace and cradle. The silhouette elongates through a semi-transparent lower panel that hangs with gentle weight, finished with raw edges and loose yarn tails that speak to process and impermanence.

Designed to honor the fullness of the lower belly, the garment holds the body rather than concealing it. Its construction draws conceptual inspiration from ritual and vulnerability — moments where the body becomes a site of truth, exposure, and care. Here, protection replaces harm; softness becomes a form of reverence.

Knitwear is a practice I return to for its intimacy with the human form. Each piece stretches, relaxes, and molds uniquely to its wearer, creating a personal relationship between garment and body. This dress comfortably fits sizes XS–2XL, adapting through its open structure and flexible knit.

Built through intuitive construction, no two works resolve the same way. Seams may twist, surfaces may ripple, and asymmetries emerge naturally. These are not flaws to be corrected, but evidence of touch — a record of the hand and the moment of making.

Artist Note: The garment’s emotional landscape was shaped by my research into ritual acts of vulnerability and exposure, including the historical practice of seppuku, reimagined here through care, protection, and bodily reverence.