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This swimsuit is a product of what I have learned through this project. Throughout this project I have learned that the swimsuit has been a metaphor for women throughout many centuries. Although I concluded that the modern day woman does not fit one type of bathing suit but rather an array of swim suits, I have designed this swimsuit to fit my personal, individual uniqueness. This swimsuit is my interpretation of the modern woman: individually unique, empowered, and liberated. My interpretation of the swimsuit will be a more liberated version of the modern day woman. I am a part of the younger generation which, I have learned, is believed to have more freedoms. At the same time I have enclosed an essence of empowerment because as a woman, I believe subtle, but strong empowerment is an important characteristic to strive for in order for women to reach equality in society. From the strings to the colors of the bathing suit, this product is a metaphor of who I am as an individual. I will only list a few examples but attached to my product are tags that describe different parts of the bathing suit and how it relates back to the modern woman. This product is a two piece bikini, which is more of a modern style, attached by strings that are part of a woman’s support system. The bold and vibrant colors make the empowerment statement. These colors, like empowerment, are subtle but strong at the same time.

Tag 1: The top strings are the support and strength system. If the strings are too loose or thin, the suit could break also symbolizing a woman’s vulnerability. Tag 2: Adjustable ties represent how women are metaphorically flexible; women don’t have one stereotype of being a school teacher or a nurse, Now they have many job positions that they fill. Although the bathing suit I am creating is adjustable, it will not necessarily be a ‘one size fits all’ bathing suit. I believe that women should embrace their individuality. In each size there is adjustability but a woman should be proud of who she is and should wear her label proudly. There should be no one size fits all for women anymore; that was the stereotype we hopefully long ago proved wrong. Women are not just housemothers, nurses, or school teachers; they are human beings each with a dream and their own individual label. Tag 3: This bathing suit represents myself as an individual woman. I am proud to wear my own label suited for my own individuality. There is no size because this bathing suit is suited to my own liking and my own individualism. It is my brand just like every other woman should be able to create who she is and show symbolically who she is through her own suit. Tag 4: The bikini style is one of the newer forms of the bathing suit. I decided to create this style because it is modern. Tag 5: Old t-shirts are used as the fabric. It is a metaphor for turning something old into something new; it is the symbol of the modern woman. The modern woman is not a completely new ‘cloth’ but is rather a new form of the old. In other words, women are recycled cloth who continue to evolve and transform. Tag 6: Color I chose the color red because it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. This color incorporates the essentials of what women have struggled through as well as how far they have come. White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection. White accents the red because they are like opposites. Although society strives for perfection, such as the balance between men and women, there is always going to be danger in order to get what we desire.