Drawn from family archive and the cultural imagery of late 1950s and early 1960s Italy, the collection reflects on how polished respectability shaped a public image of womanhood. It revisits perbene silhouettes and examines the tension between composure and internal fracture. Apulian ceramics provide a structural reference: their cracked glazes reveal how a seemingly intact surface carries rupture within it. This logic is translated into print, embroidery, knit construction and laser-etching, allowing the garments to remain composed while their surfaces register disturbance.