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IN AN IDEAL WORLD WHERE COMMUNICATION IS INSTANT AND TIMELESS, IT NEGLECTS TO EXIST WHEN YOU’RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY. TIME IS PUT ON HOLD, AND THE IDEA OF INTERNET CONNECTION ONLY REMAINS REAL IN THE SCREENSHOTS SAVED TO YOUR CAMERA ROLL FROM LAST YEAR’S DEPLOYMENT. THE WIFI CUTS OUT RIGHT BEFORE HE SAYS, “I LOVE YOU”, AND THE PICTURE OF HIS UNFAMILIAR FACE BECOMES BLURRIER THAN YOU REMEMBER IT BEING THE DAY BEFORE, AS YOU TRY TO MAKE OUT THE LAST OF HIS WORDS, NOT KNOWING WHEN, OR IF, YOU’LL HEAR THEM AGAIN. IT’S EASY TO FALL INTO A NUMBNESS WHERE THE FEAR OF NOT KNOWING SEEMS BIG ENOUGH TO DROWN YOU, BUT THE EVERLASTING LOVE CREATED DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS BEFORE HIS LEAVE DATE ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE BEAUTY STILL EVIDENT IN A WORLD OF DESTRUCTION. THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS COLLECTION SPARKED WHEN RECEIVING LOVE LETTERS FILLED WITH FRAGILITY, AND SENSITIVITY WHEN SET IN A SCENE OF COMBAT. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS THE ROMANCE AND PASSION THAT EXISTS IN A WAR ZONE, AND THE INTERTWINING OF TWO JUXTAPOSING LIVES UNITING TO PROVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT INSTANT AND TIMELESS COMMUNICATION, LOVE STILL EXISTS. THE MIX OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY SYMBOLIZE THE POWERFUL, YET VULNERABLE ELEMENTS THAT ARE VITAL TO KEEP THIS RELATIONSHIP ALIVE, WHEN AT TIMES THE THOUGHT OF HIM BEING ALIVE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. THE CUSTOM MADE HARDWARE SYMBOLIZES THE LINKAGE BETWEEN HIS UTILITARIAN WORLD AND HER CONTRASTING WORLD, AND THE USE OF SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS ENHANCE THE BEAUTY EVIDENT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.