Reflect on your own fashion choices and the garments and accessories in your wardrobe. Write a 300-500 word personal essay that addresses two of your own items and that analyzes them through the lens of at least two of the course themes (Heroes, Silhouettes, Coutures, Lifecycle, Modesty, Expression). Describe how your knowledge or understanding of these garments has deepened or shifted through the course, with respect to at least one of the following: the garments’ origins and development over time, how they are made, and their expressive potential and meanings. Demonstrate knowledge of the garment’s relationship to at least one larger issue, such as labor, sustainability, consumption, or identity. Please submit your essay in English.