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# Project Description Dim Lit Mai Usami Summary Final work With over three years of work experience in the fashion industry, I am a passionate fashion designer who create new femininity that reflect my aesthetic and values. I am currently a BA final year student in Fashion Design an Development from London College of Fashion, and also have a BA in International Relations and Affairs from Ritsumeikan University in Japan, which gives me a global perspective and a keen interest in cultural diversity and social issues. With over three years of work experience in the fashion industry, I am a passionate fashion desig... College London College of Fashion Course BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development Graduation year 2025 Dim lit is a reflection on the deep, half-remembered primordial landscapes that linger in our minds — those hazy memories that never quite fade away. Grown up in rural Japan, in a time before the internet and surrounded by fields and mountains, I knew little of the world beyond. Reality felt dim, unfamiliar, and sometimes a little bit unsettling. My only escape was the world inside my head, built from books and imagination — boundless and private. As I grew older, reality expanded. Alongside it came the feeling that I didn’t quite belong — misaligned with the world, speaking into a void. Growing up, it seems, is learning to sit with that sense of isolation. Still, in those quiet moments, the landscapes of my childhood come back to me: the outlines of the hills at dusk, the scent of wet rice fields, the stillness of an empty road. Even now, they offer a kind of comfort — a reminder of something untouched. In traditional Japanese aesthetics, there’s beauty in the shadows, in the blur, in what’s not fully seen. It’s a pull towards the quiet, the subtle, the space between things. Dim lit is a way of tracing those fragments — the memories that remain, flickering softly in the half-light. Final work Research and process Share this project Dim lit is a reflection on the deep, half-remembered primordial landscapes that linger in our minds — those hazy memories that never quite fade away.Grown up in rural Japan, in a time before the internet and surrounded by fields and mountains, I knew little of the world... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard
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