# Project Description

Dressed in Compliance

Yulu Hou

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I am a fashion designer working with gender-neutral design, drawn to ideas that don’t need to shout to be felt. I enjoy designs that reveal themselves slowly, through construction, proportion, and subtle detail rather than obvious statements.

My interest lies in intellectual design, where thinking happens inside the garment: how it is built, how it sits on the body, and how structure quietly guides movement and emotion.

I am a fashion designer working with gender-neutral design, drawn to ideas that don’t need to sho...

College London College of Fashion

Course MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)

Graduation year 2025

This project explores the hidden violence embedded within systems of control and power in capitalist society. In contemporary culture, devotion often shifts from spirituality to capitalism, productivity, and discipline — functioning in a way similar to religious commitment. Drawing inspiration from modern work culture and its uniforms, the suit, white shirt, and office trousers are examined as symbols of obedience and control. These garments are merged and deconstructed with elements of a nun’s habit, connecting two systems of dress rooted in dedication and submission. By combining these forms, the collection reflects how work culture increasingly replaces religion as a modern system of belief, shaping behaviour, identity, and devotion.

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This project explores the hidden violence embedded within systems of control and power in capitalist society. In contemporary culture, devotion often shifts from spirituality to capitalism, productivity, and discipline — functioning in a way similar to religious commitment. Dr...

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