omg y'all would HATE the clothing i make haha
one of my worst fears as an artist is being better at writing about the art than making the art, these shownotes are better than the show? now reading this i understand why she wanted to deconstruct the suit as a masculine symbol, it just fell flat for me. i am starting to think that trying to express things about gender through clothing is a mistake because ultimately clothing doesn't define gender. feminine might be more of an attitude, like she says "tenderness, sumptuousness, vulnerability", but i don't see these traits in this show. this show is actually pretty hard to me. interesting.....
then again these shownotes and your comments actually make us beg the question, "what would real feminist fashion look like?". i think feminist fashion would start at the structure of the company making it, the sourcing of the materials, the sewing circle that produced it and so forth. feminist fashion would be materially, structurally different than the wasteful and logistical industry that fashion is today. i am thinking of something like femail forever, a brand that started as two designers that shipped clothing back and forth and added found objects and beloved tokens to it one by one, the process and the final object completely unintelligible to money hungry, logistics crazed fashion moguls and their ilk.
in conclusion, she may be expounding beyond what the show was capable of expressing but i am glad she's thinking about these things and that they inform her practice whether or not they show up in the final product. they're important ideas
okay, i'm going to go tabula rasa myself and start my day afresh loll bye bye x
it is not impossible to create provoking, intelligent clothes. dilara's issue, as
@perhydrol succinctly put it: she makes clickbait trash for attention. her livelihood is shock factor. that's not a way to live nor create art that has substance, longevity, meaning, and an inspirational message aka she's shallow. yes, the idea are important, but they're understood in such a vapid and vain manner. on the other hand and on the other side of the spectrum, what one should also avoid is MGC's shallow feminist dior. a catchphrase printed on a t-shirt, revolutionary imagery in the background of a runway, a corset presented in three ways is not intelligent or a stance again misogyny and androcentric western culture. it just isn't.
you get it - it's all about the historical, systemic, and industrial production of fashion. how is production impacting all shareholders, employees, workmanship, audiences, buyers, etc.? it's more than putting a bra on a man or pants on a woman. specifically in this context, it's the lack of story and message. you have to start with your purpose for creating fashion: it is for fame or for the passion of the craft? are you a student of it or a self-serving mercenary?
in keeping it at the showmanship level, look at hussein chalayan's earlier work, particularly his fw 2000 show. he typically creates a story rooted in his culture, ethnicity, and upbringing or identity. for that show it was personal with a message, one showing deference, awe, and appreciation for a woman's resourcefulness, woman as the nucleus of a family, and women's joy and beauty (albeit through his eyes). his clothes have a strong message, are fashion-forward, and present a unique worldview complimentary to the ways galliano and mcqueen explored similar themes in their presentations. all three of them have a sense of brilliance when it comes to their themes, but it's their strengths in storytelling, technique, and genuinely understanding a woman's body and perspective setting them heads and tails above the rest.
good luck on your endeavor! you have a good foundation to work from.
