Dripping Desire is inspired by the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” by Hieronymus Bosch. It focuses on the lust that is displayed in the painting and how lust is interpreted today. When Bosch created the painting, lust was associated with just having sex for pleasure or premarital sex. The idea of lust is now associated with the fetishes and other practices that are considered to be more taboo. As such, this collection takes fetishized materials and normalizes them, while keeping a lustful nature. 

The collection also tries to shift the focus of sexualized clothing away from the male gaze by using non-traditional silhouettes and materials, such as wax, latex, and faux fur. Dripping Desire also does this by creating some irony, such as having underwear like garments made of faux fur placed over areas that are often shaved or trimmed. 

A common motif throughout the collection is dripping and tear drop shaped latex, referring to a texture that is very lustful by nature, associated with sweets such as honey and molasses, as well as with hot wax, often used in a lustful context. The tear drop shapes and drips also resemble the curves of a woman, further sexualizing this shape and adding to the motif. Dripping Desire also used conformation to the body to add to the lustfulness, especially in the pieces made with fabric dipped in wax. It’s supposed to look like an invisible hand is grabbing at the body, making the material to conform, seeming needy and lustful.