Portfolio by Anas

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold. This is built on the idea that by embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Every break is unique; instead of repairing an item to look like new, this 400-year-old technique highlights the "scars" as part of the design. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: sometimes, in the process of repairing broken things, we actually create something more unique, beautiful, resilient, and strong.

By choosing this subject, I decided to tell the stories of a multitude of women. Women who once were girls and transformed into strong, unique versions of themselves through painful life experiences. I am telling the story of women who stood up stronger after being broken into pieces in their past (lack of education, violence in relationships, poverty, sexual and mental abuse, slavery...).

I am honoring those women who, despite their social and physical conditions, reversed their destiny and transformed their weaknesses into strengths.

The cover of the book represents an oppressed woman, while the moodboard represents the same woman who found the courage to recreate herself into a person who won't let anything stop her.

The combination of "Modern and Traditional" and "Simple and Sophisticated" is present throughout the collection to emphasize the "Before and After" transformation in each design.