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Originally Posted by fourboltmain
I'm digging this, I like the idea of punk rock surviving on, but not in the burned out, cliched Vivienne Westwood of the 1970's way. I'm liking this idea of meticulous broken-ness. LOL Is that a way to describe it? Reminds me of how Picasso's most f-ed up work started out as intricate studies he then stripped down.
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Yes, exactly! Sort of like a perilous, brittle fragility - akin to beautiful yet hopelessly shattered statues found at a ruin. I love the idea of capturing this aesthetic in fashion - beauty disgraced. But because it's 'damaged', there are defense mechanisms built in - like those spiked shoes at Rodarte. It's a wounded, yet potentially violent entity.
I hope more examples emerge that support this specific image I have in mind.
I think the European runways may be useful.
In a wider sense, a jaded, forced androgyny and functionality works (like at Rag & Bone) here, too. It just infers 'poisoned' differently.