I am pleased to have some pieces from the "War Paint' and 'Battledress series displayed with Design nation at Shoreditch town hall as part of London Craft week. These works are playing upon the idea of make up and appearnace as either imposed, via media and social media, to affect body image, or may be used as a mask or armour in their own right, lending confidence where the tools being used are employed consciously, soley by the choice of the wearer and not for the benefit of the observer.
It is a complicated and intricate question.
You choose.