Records of a Decorous Daughter begins with the figure of the Welsh primary schoolgirl and the early visual structures through which ideas of femininity are learned from a young age. Drawing from personal references growing up in Wales, the collection traces how uniforms, dress codes, rituals of appearance, and institutional expectations teach the body to hold itself in ways that align with what culture defines as correct, gradually absorbing discipline into instinct and gesture.

Pleats, grids, high collars, and checks appear as markers of order and training, referencing both school uniform and Welsh national dress. Traditional Welsh checks establish a framework of belonging and authority, while pleating operates as a symbol of repetition and rehearsal across the surface of the body.

Rather than being reproduced directly, these structures are shifted through proportion, exposure, and material construction. Grids break apart, pleats contort, and controlled surfaces begin to slip out of alignment. High collars impose posture before giving way to slouch and ease.

The collection examines how familiar codes of correctness remain visible even as they are adjusted from within. It proposes that individuality emerges through subtle negotiations with inherited structure, revealing femininity not as a stable image but as something formed through an ongoing process of alignment, resistance, and reinterpretation.