DOSAGE Explores Identity Through Layers, Transparency, and Contemporary Fashion

The Chilean editorial by Monserrat Muñoz and Carolina Rivera transforms clothing into a meditation on visibility, concealment, and the evolving self.

August 7th, 2026

By: mesh. magazine

Fashion has always been a language of identity. But what happens when that identity refuses to remain fixed?

Created by Chilean costume and textile designers Monserrat Muñoz and Carolina Rivera, DOSAGE is an editorial that moves beyond aesthetics to examine the body as a living canvas—one constantly rewritten through clothing, movement, and perception. The result is a striking visual narrative where garments become more than objects; they become emotional architecture.

Rather than presenting fashion as decoration, DOSAGE positions it as an extension of the self. Every layer, sheer textile, and sculptural silhouette suggests that identity is never singular—it is fluid, fragmented, and forever unfolding.

Photo: Lorena Orellana

When Fashion Reveals by Concealing

Transparency is often associated with exposure, but DOSAGE challenges that assumption.

Throughout the editorial, translucent fabrics, overlapping textures, and enveloping forms create a dialogue between what is seen and what remains intentionally hidden. The body appears and disappears beneath layers, resisting the idea that visibility equals understanding.

Instead, concealment becomes its own form of expression.

The garments create tension between intimacy and distance, softness and structure, encouraging the viewer to question how much of a person can ever truly be perceived.

Photo: Lorena Orellana

The Body as a Contemporary Canvas

Drawing inspiration from their surroundings and a shared passion for fashion, photography, and textile design, Monserrat and Carolina construct images that feel simultaneously intimate and architectural.

Volume replaces excess. Transparency becomes language. Layering becomes narrative.

DOSAGE embraces a slower, more conceptual approach to fashion imagery—one where clothing exists in conversation with the body instead of simply dressing it.

Every silhouette feels intentionally unfinished, reflecting identity as something continuously negotiated rather than permanently defined.

Photo: Lorena Orellana

A Fashion Editorial That Lives Between Art and Design

There is a quiet confidence in DOSAGE. It doesn't ask for attention through spectacle; it invites contemplation through restraint.

The editorial exists somewhere between fashion photography, contemporary art, and textile experimentation, proving that clothing can communicate long before words do.

Monserrat and Carolina reminds us that identity is rarely transparent. It is layered, evolving, and beautifully unresolved.

Photo: Lorena Orellana

ART & CREATIVE DIRECTION: Carolina Rivera @carolinaarive Monserrat Muñoz @cosmiccstar

PHOTOGRAPHER: Lorena Orellana @loriandrea_ph

DESIGN & STYLING: Monserrat Muñoz @cosmiccstar Carolina Rivera @carolinaarive

MAKE UP: Catalina Mesias @catainart

MODEL: Valentina Ortega @valeortega.22

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Diego Herrera @nuzzsy & Manuel Amtmann @manuel._.amtmann