My collection is inspired by my hometown, Fujian province in China, where women have to undergo a ritual during their wedding in order to protect their future husband. She is made to wear red clothes, a black scarf and a red towel over her face, and a big disc like hat with a pointy head. She has to walk over a fire brazier helped by three older married women. You could think of this ritual as a game devised by patriarchy, a game in which women are passive objects and are subjected to violence and discipline. I don’t agree with the vision of women this traditional wedding ritual implies. So I decided to redirect or hack this rituals to make it my own. I don’t want to abide by the archetype of the perfect woman, I am an assertive and sensible woman.