I am an incoming sophomore at Parsons. It is also my second year in New York, I am no different from any other college students. I moved here last August just with three suitcases and thought I had myself figured out; I thought I had myself together and was independent enough. Within the first few […]
Category: Integrative Seminar 2
Bridge 3 (Interpretation & Argument): Ad Analysis
Bench Fashion Advertisement Analysis I chose this advertisement that represents LGBT because LGBT is tolerated in the Philippines. There is a large influence of Catholicism in the Philippines. The Philippines currently has no formal and official legalisation. It is predominantly Christian country, specifically Catholicism. The government is publicly articulating opposition of same sex marriage, this […]
Response: Liz Well’s Fashion Photography
Liz Well’s book Photography makes a clear point that it is all in the photo, and it is not about the photographer. Gentrification is not the easiest topic we can publicly talk about but fashion photography allows us to express feminism through the photos. “The scopophilic gaze that Sherman interrogates in order to comment on women’s oppression […]
Bridge 1 (Inquiry): Deconstruction
My initial garment was a black blazer. I wanted to transform the “masculine” piece into something that is related to the women power. Black blazers are so often represented as businessmen look so I decided to transform the blazer into an off-shoulder top that still shows class but also could be easily worn sexy. The […]
Response: Blue Jeans by Fred Davis Response
Quote #1: “A critical feature of this cultural breakthrough is, of course, blue jeans’ identity change from a garment associated exclusively with work (and hard work, at that) to once invested with many of the symbolic attributes of leisure, ease, comfort, casualness, sociability, and the outdoors. (102) Meaning: Davis is saying the way we identify […]
Response to The Fashion System by Roland Barthnes
In The Fashion System by Roland Barthes, author describes the information from the fashion magazine in two different ways. He furthers explores and adjusts to how one item do not have the “same structure, because they are not made of the same substance.” Although I do not agree with his statement. In fashion, I believe […]