My fashion magazine “Misplaced” satirizes pop culture, and luxury brands in advertisements. Western civilization was the privileged to problematically appropriate culture and customs from other countries that result in the hyper-sexualization and abuse of the female body.

    In the magazine, I am the only subject and the object. I steal culturally appropriated images of fashion advertisement and replace the model’s face with mine with exaggerated photo manipulation. The basic features of my face is both female or male, asian or white, teen or older. I emphasize on these socially constructed binaries within the current magazines. The coexistence of my inner conflict and criticism of the fashion industry is paradoxical. I use myself because I find myself as influenced consumer by the persuasive power of advertising.

     "Misplaced" was showcased in wall mounted racks displaying the word “MISPLACED” 560 times in 56 covers that create repeated pattern. It combines layers of things that are “misplaced” within its magazine. It displays the conflict and the criticism between myself as an influenced consumer and the fashion industry. This is then layered with my personal identity and how it contrasts from the typical representation shown in the industry.