MULBERRY

Brand Collaboration / Fashion Film / Photography Project, 2025

Photograph of a woman with dark hair styled in a bun, wearing a black dress with red accents, and holding a red purse. The image appears to be a portrait or fashion photo, with a dark background.
A woman with black hair, wearing black boots, a black top, and jewelry, is lying down. She is holding a red leather bag and is surrounded by colorful beaded jewelry and metal bells. The background is plain and grey.

This project centred around the idea of the handbag as an extension of the body, exploring the intimate and emotional relationship between women and the personal objects they carry. Rather than functioning purely as an accessory, the bag was treated as a physical extension of identity, memory and emotion.

A woman in profile with dark hair tied back, standing against a wall in a dimly lit room, holding a large handbag with a chain strap.

Fashion Film / Photography / Creative Direction / Makeup:

Haijia Gao

Model:

Yiru Liu

OTHER WORKS

A red leather handbag with a flap closure and a circular metal detail, placed on a dark surface with a string of beads in front and a dark background.

Through fashion film, photography and the final image presentation, I approached the relationship between the figure and the bag from different perspectives. In the film, the connection between body and object was portrayed as something inseparable, almost as if the bag existed as part of the body itself. Within the photographic outcome, I used close physical interaction between the figure and the bag, alongside folded image compositions, to visually merge the two together and allow the final outcome itself to become part of the narrative.

Combining fashion image-making, moving image and publication experimentation, the project further developed my interest in emotionally driven visual storytelling.

A woman with short dark hair and tattoos on her arms, sitting with her head resting on her arms, holding a large brown purse, in a dark environment with a plain light-colored background.