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# Project Description Miss King of the World Dharlaine Kate Madriaga Summary Final work My name is Laine Madriaga. My work often revolves around the themes of nostalgia and influences from my Filipino heritage, regularly summarised in a form of visual storytelling. My name is Laine Madriaga. My work often revolves around the themes of nostalgia and influences f... College London College of Fashion Course BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear Graduation year 2025 Miss King of the World explores an inner battle of cultures, where Western and South-East Asian standards and values compete for attention, childhood nostalgia, and a common shared feeling of “never wanting to grow up”. The protagonist of this story is an ex-child-pageant-queen turned teenage girl who craves self expression without the pressures of conforming to an idealised image of herself to fit into her engrained judgement of culture. So, wrapping her belongings in a piece of cloth at the end of a stick, she runs, and finds herself in a world without adults. A world without external influences, just her, her creativity, and what seems like an endless supply of… cardboard? Final work View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Miss King of the World explores an inner battle of cultures, where Western and South-East Asian standards and values compete for attention, childhood nostalgia, and a common shared feeling of “never wanting to grow up”.The protagonist of this story is an ex-chi... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Craft & Process Play Story & Myth Identity
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