Bridge 1: 10 ?’s + 3D object

 

  • What will the post-retail world look like?
  • Is it harmful to young designers when celebrities create top selling brands? Are they taking up valuable space for new brands?
  • Will the industry rediscover the older markets ability to be fashionable, not just functional?
  • Have we lost respect for clothing as objects/art through capitalism? How do we regain this?
  • How do we as a modern society define menswear and womenswear?
  • Does modesty give power in the same way nudity gives power?
  • Does the industry really believe they are making a change by using a model who doesn’t buy plus size clothing to sell it?
  • How do we as future industry professionals choose what issues to focus on? Can we focus on many issues and still make an impact?
  • Why is the fashion industry, built heavily on marketing to women, still male-dominated?
  • Is our societies self-esteem based upon speed and constant “new, shiny things?”

 

My 3D object was adapted from one of my 4 studio projects for this Bridge. It was originally part of my installation talking about the childish, playful aspect of fashion that makes fashion enjoyable for me. It is also a technique I often use to enhance or reuse textiles, relating to the overall sustainability of the industry, not only environmentally, but also in markets, and so on. This piece is also a demonstration of how I am messy and do enjoy letting that come out to some extent in my work. For my 10 questions I felt they are scattered around in something of a mess as well. The overarching one to this project is “how do we as future industry professionals choose what issues to focus on? Can we focus on many issues and still make an impact?.” There are so many questions and issues that I don’t think can be solved if we each try to be “social justice hero’s” in all of them. Then again, is focusing on one better? This is why when you pull up the pieces it feels a little overwhelming reading through the wrinkled fabric fighting for a space to spread out. Instead, maybe pulling one out at a time and making sure it is flat is the way to go.

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