My collection, Lace: A Border-Line explores lace as the threshold between intimacy and protection and uses it to combine lingerie and hard-wear garments, such as motorbike gear in this street style collection. The concept came to life when I, a womenswear designer with a streetwear personal style and a very “hyper-feminine” design style purchased my first Alpine-stars motorbike jacket and was fascinated by biker gear and the way it can protect. I have been looking into this idea of femininity, where it comes from and why certain silhouettes and materials are considered feminine. I have named my collection ‘Lace: A Borderline’ inspired by the book, Lost in Lace by Lesley Millar. I am working with lace and lingerie silhouettes and mixing them with street style elements, materials and biker jacket details. I am merging my fascination of how and what makes womenswear garments “feminine”, interests in the construction of bike gear, and my personal style. I created a collection where femininity can present itself in fragility, strength, sculpture and protection, the combination of “sexy” silhouettes in intricate biker armour. Through the combination of denim, leather, and lace, lingerie silhouettes are reconstructed in durable, protective fabrics and traditionally “hard-wear” garments such as biker jackets are reimagined in delicate lace. By reversing material expectations, the collection challenges assumptions surrounding gender, vulnerability, and protection. Positioning lace not as decoration, but as structure, boundary and resistance.