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BACKBONE

"Backbone is not a garment, it is a creature.

‍ A knitted presence that wraps around the body like a living spell, it carries a sculptural spine along the back and extends into a tail — not as ornament, but as transformation. When worn, it does not decorate. It alters.

Backbone returns me to primordial times — to a fluid, ancient feminine force that existed before language, before structure, before fear. It coils around my body and gives me a dragon’s tail. Not the kind of power that shouts through muscle or aggression, but the kind that lives in secrets, intuition, and knowing.

When I wear it, I am no longer only myself, I become something older than time - a character drawn from myth, memory, and instinct.

The knitted spine traces the body like an exposed truth — vulnerability turned into strength. The tail follows, shifting the silhouette, changing the way I move through space. It demands presence. It commands awareness. It creates ritual out of walking. It has that game of hide and seek, revealing the skin but not too much, hiding it enough to feel sexy. ‍

Each color carries its own metamorphosis:

Backbone in sand beige transforms me into a creature of water and shoreline — fluid, tidal, shaped by currents but never broken by them. It feels ancient and elemental, like salt on skin and wind through hair.

Backbone in black gives me occult gravity — a quiet magical authority. It absorbs light and returns mystery. In it, I move like a shadow that knows exactly where it is going.

Backbone with a red tail awakens something fiercer. It is not rage — it is sovereignty. It is the woman no one dares to challenge. Fire at the edge of restraint. Heat beneath composure."

Maria Dima, designer at UNDE jewelry