SEJAL GUPTAs(wipe) left2025s(wipe) left is a set of digital and hand embroidered handkerchiefs made using the Tijima Pulse embroidery machine. The collection is inspired by the Victorian tradition of “dropping the handkerchief” wherein a lady would accidentally drop her handkerchief, prompting a passing gentleman to pick it up and initiate the beginning of a courtship. The subtle gesture became a signifier of romance, and ever since, handkerchiefs have been traditionally associated with chivalry, marriage, and love. The designed handkerchiefs in this box juxtapose found online dating bios with the romanticised object of the textile. The jarring layering of the two is a commentary on what love might look like today in its most overdone and pervasive form.