THE HEMLINE AS A TIMELINE OF FORGOTTEN CULTURAL PAIN: COMME DES GARçONS AND THE QUIET REVOLUTION OF FABRIC

Fashion is rarely just about clothes. In its truest form, it is a language—a nonverbal archive of cultural dialogue, social upheaval, and historical trauma. While fashion trends can seem frivolous or surface-level, the garments we wear are shaped by the world around us: they are manifestations of time, tension, and transformation. Among the avant