inside the framework - the personal layer of ELS upcoming collection
This week on PULP is a little different. Instead of another analytical or research-based piece, this edition offers something more personal. As Stardust Dignity prepares to come to life, we’re opening a small window into its emotional foundation. If the previous collection the (Birth) Right Cut was grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - the law in being human, then Stardust Dignity moves from that external declaration to the inner, lived experience of those same values - the feeling of being human.
The emotional foundation of the upcoming collection lies in self-acceptance and presence - living one’s truth without performance. It grows through connection, recognizing our shared human field and the possibility of coexistence without hierarchy. It moves with inner freedom, the quiet courage to face change, imperfection, and vulnerability. It understands dignity not as an empty declaration but a daily practice - a way of being sustained by awareness and integrity. And at its core, it holds love in its broadest sense: not just romantic - obviously - but compassionate, raw and unconditional, an active expression of respect for life itself.
The upcoming pieces include raw, unpolished text written over the past nine years, during my time in California, Paris, Florence, and Zurich. They are short poems, notes, and fragments - written in real moments, without editing or polishing. Simply unfiltered. They stand as time documents of a lived process - the inner layer beneath the collection. Some of them will appear printed on the garments, connecting the pieces to the lived experiences that shaped it.
Jack London Square
Eyes
Cold
Looking
Touching
Screening
Screaming screaming
Waiting for something
Sitting there crying
Laughing
No way out no way in
Trapped in a heart shaped box
Valentine’s little tox
I 80
Cold the night
Silver light
Stars
Moonlight shadow
Rain drop cries
Beauty crystals
Filled with heart
Deep inside
© Edie Lou
East Bay Blue
Dark sun light
The night
Bridge car fight
Drive
Tears in my eyes
Running
Down
My cheeks
No! Stop
Drive
Into the night
Dark sun light
Bow Ho(e)
Hey Bow
Rainbow
I’m your Boo
Who
Loves you
True
A guitar and a jar
Sweet memoir
Marylin and Joe
Glow slow
© Edie Lou
Death at the Buzzard
Queen at heart
Roses and cards
Fuck of heart
Diamond scars
Blood
Crimson hearts
Don’t cry sweetheart-s
Cilantro Love
Taco
On the counter
Left alone
Untouched
Cilantro love
At Eli’s Mile High
The time fly
Eyes cry
And laugh
Lil’ Cars
Cars
Lil’ scars
Real
Real Dreams
Stuck on
Studded Jacket
Same old magnet
Dante and Beatrice
Jona
Zelda
Reed
And
Slam
Pretend
To be
Real
Feel
The Heart
Bea and Dan
Beat
Pure
Red
Love
Kills
© Edie Lou
Delirious Heart
Ship of Fools
Drinks
Drops
Cool
Down
The heart
But can’t
No! Wait!
Delirious Heart
To
Beat
Beat
Shakin’ - freezin’ - burnin’
Crimson tarte
© Edie Lou
Void Dignity
Scars
Say good-bye’s
As if
Yor were
Here
Just for a second
Filled
My
Heart
Then torn
Apart
Memory
Shallow shadow
Dark dots
Hollow
Deep
Dark
Spots
Thoughts
They
Follow
Restless
Sleepless
Narrow
Lil’
Shadow
Cute fellow
© Edie Lou
At Coco’s Grave
(for Gabe)
Gabe
Riel-le
Elle
Breathe
Breathe
The energy
It
Flows
Everywhere
It is
In
The air
Nourish your mind
We are
All
Connected…
Nevermind