Considered within a broader context, themes derived from my conceptual exploration, (hoarding, possession and acquistion) are significant to fashion and key to the nature of my work. Over-consumption, questions of value and measures of identity will be represented through a sense of progression and narrative. My intent is to address these complexities through several layers of communication, where visually and emotionally, the collection will ‘build up’ as a way of communicating the notion of accumulation. Classic proportions will be exploited with the combined use of decoration, digital print, colour and sculpture, whereby look 8, the human form is somewhat obscured, so as to rear uncertainty in the wearer’s identity.
Identity is a factor that I haven't yet been able to nail. What is this 'build up'? How can one's identity be questioned through fashion?
Image found at: unabashedfervor.blogspot.com
Alexander McQueen - This dress demands the wearer to take on a role, and perform it. There's a personal conviction that is demanded - a force of personality. The following images are, I think, one of the first collections by Japanese label 'Writtenafterwards'.Though in relation to my ideas, the expression is quite literal, (inspired by the style of a homeless woman) there's also this sense of accumulation that inhabits and overrides the wearer / body. Perhaps because the fabrication / materials are somewhat foreign and also since the person is hidden beneath the 'piles' of 'stuff'. I'm interested in this type of layering - something to further explore.
Found at: www.writtenafterwards.com
Editorial - TMAG
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