I wanted to fuse two navigation traditions that never met — Marshallese wave piloting and Provençal trade routes — through someone who charts something unmappable: the moments of joy. The technical challenge was making tapa cloth and French lace feel inevitable together, not costume-y. The stick chart in her hand isn't decorative; she uses it. She's mid-thought, mid-life, mid-laugh. That's the whole point. —Lux