‘I found that my binder didn’t make me flat at all and instead just gave me a ‘boob shelf’, so I started using duct tape to separate out my breasts and kind of hid them under my arms. I was trying to be stealth at the time which did not work at all pre-hormones. My breasts gave me so much dysphoria I was doing anything to flatten them. Eventually one time when I took my tape off I also took off a layer of skin. Then I moved to using the sports tape here as it is made for humans.’

OBJECT NUMBER MOT000170

This object currently lives in The Bishopsgate Institute.

Photo by Katie Davies, Fashion Space Gallery, London College of Fashion