Opulence is a definitive term I use to frame my work as it allows me to explore the interconnected relationship between economics, social patterns, beauty, inequity, extraction of resources, labor, morality, gender, and class. Opulence as represented in history includes highly adorned textiles, lacework, beadwork, embroidery, and other handwork all requiring exquisite raw materials such as fine silk, linen, gold threads, and gems. Opulent textiles also require highly skilled laborers to make them, who are often compensated at substandard rates. An opulent garment represents the imbalance of our human condition. In the possession of few, requiring excessive wealth, the richly adorned garments and textiles are tangible objects reflecting societal values.