Fashion And Religion

[softgrey]

it's so unfortunate that so many of the old links aren't showing anymore...
we should try to get some more images posted in this thread...

the names of the collections are there...
if anyone can find the images, please post them!
tia!

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[softgrey]

jean paul gaultier 'hasidic' collection a/w 93
lemontartletsandwinegums

 

[Perickles]

you're welcome! It's nice to have a new collaborator who is interesed in these pretty inspirations, I say it being atheist and thanks to share that great picture

 

[Marc10]

Hussein Chalayan - s/s 1998

Wow, that was really... wow

 

[Phuel]

jean paul gaultier 'hasidic' collection a/w 93
lemontartletsandwinegums

*please do not quote images*

The "Rabbi Chic" collection was perfection. Hasidic and punk, all set to a darkly romantic and melancholic vibe. Had this been shown in 2011, it would not look out of place at all; in terms of styling, mood, atmosphere, etc. Gaultier has always remained overlooked. Nobody, perhaps with the exception of McQueen, has created such an strong identity in fashion by mixing cultures, creeds, time and place, and with such a rich and genuine appreciation and interpretation of these people and places.

And just look at that amazing pic-- all the supermodels; Christy, Nadja, Shalom, Amber...

And here they all are, in action, set to the music of "Fiddler On The Roof":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WrgRjNEXcQ

 

[mistress_f]

^thanks a lot for posting that photo of the rabbi chic collection.other than the video and this photo i had never been able to find other images


www.jmberlin.de/

 

[mistress_f]

oh and riccardo tisci fw05 collection had a strong religious imagery:

pics from style.com and undershelter.com

 

[Squizree]

^ God I love that collection. It's such epic theatre.

 

[Perickles]

^I agree I love the way which JPG included differents cultures in his collections

This is the polemic Chanel dress

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From: file-room

Description of the Art Work

Lagerfeld-designed collection of women's clothing for Chanel on which Arabic words were embroidered in gray pearls. Among the passages on the dress is the phrase, "They are the ones who found guidance," which appears repeatedly in the Koran. Lagerfeld said he found the phrase in a book on India's Taj Mahal palace and was told it was a love poem in memory of a maharani.

Description of incident

A Muslim group in Jakarta, Indonesia, made a formal protest to officials in Lagerfeld's home country of Germany. Media reported threats to international model Claudia Schiffer, who wore clothing from the collection in Paris, and Lagerfeld, who canceled a trip to Berlin because of the controversy.

Results of incident

Chanel apologized to the Muslim community and said it had destroyed all dresses bearing the offending design as well as all photographs and negatives of the clothing collection.

 

[abburke]

There is a lot of catholic influence in everything because catholicism dominates media. Crosses, pictures of Christ and other such things could be considered icons of religion (the catholic religion) but not of true faith in The Christ. Christians would not have any images of any sort as such but I suppose some of the other religions will.

 

[AndyMouse]

Oh My God! This thread is exactly what I was looking for.... thanks to all of you guys!

But can anyone explain me the Chanel incident. I just don't get it!
What's satanic about it?

 

[AndyMouse]

oh and can you tell me from what collection is it?

 

[AndyMouse]

Alexander McQueen F/W 1997

source: firstview via dior_couture1245

 

[Style Savvy]

Christian Lacroix Fall 09 Couture

style.com

 

[Spiral1532]

Atelier Versace A/W 1997

The idea for this collection came from a personal source of inspiration for Gianni Versace: religion and the influence that it had on his life. Some say it was his most personal collection. And of course, it turned out to be his final collection.

Here's an interesting tidbit: the bride at the end of the show was supposed to be Karen Elson. But during the dress rehearsal the night before the show, Gianni yelled at Karen because of her awkward walk and he said she galloped like a horse on the runway. So instead, he had Naomi Campbell be the bride. Naomi was his favorite model. So in an eerie coincidence (and due to the last-minute change), his favorite model happened to be the very last model to walk in what would be his last collection ever.

corbis

 

[Perickles]

Wow, that was really... wow

Yes and It was deleted by a moderator because for him or her it was just nudity and not fashion design, shame

I'm talking about Hussein Chalayan spring summer 1998. Search in google if you wanna see how interesting was that work.

 

[softgrey]

Yes and It was deleted by a moderator because for him or her it was just nudity and not fashion design, shame

I'm talking about Hussein Chalayan spring summer 1998. Search in google if you wanna see how interesting was that work.

fyi- regarding the nudity- it's the fact that it was hosted on imageshack that is the issue...
not the actual image...

there is a rule about that...
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hope that clears it up...

this thread is really hopping now...
glad to see it back in action...
i had no idea about the chanel dress...
they destroyed all the dresses and all the images?!?...
...how extreme...!!!

*guess they didn't get all of them though...
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[softgrey]

does anyone else remember this ad for girbaud ...?...from 2005
the last supper...*i guess it was banned in italy and france....?!
adsoftheworld.com

Complaint: This image offends the religious sensibilities of all citizens. It trivializes the intense and dramatic moment during the Last Supper in which Christ anticipates his crucifixion in order to liberate humanity from their sins by appropriating religious symbols - such as loaves and fish - for commercial purposes and by replacing the apostles with female fashion models.

Advertiser’s Statement: The advertisers´ primary defense was that modern society has enabled women to achieve sexual equality with men only by sacrificing their femininity. This advertisement´s interpretation of Leonardo´s painting does not trivialize the sacred, but rather creates a new perception of femininity by presenting men - instead of women - in a position of fragility.

Adjudication: The Advertising Standards Authority of Italy ruled that the image offends religious belief not only because it provokes a reaction among consumers of the sacred profaned, but also because it attempts to elevate commercial products to the same level as religious symbols. Rather than being merely satirical, the message of this advertisement blurs the boundaries between the sacred and the profane, and thus offends consumer sensibility.
Source: bestrejectedadvertising.com

from vogue.com

holy unethical

16 March 2005

THE Roman Catholic church in France has won a court injunction to ban Marithe et Francois Girbaud's ad which is based on Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper painting. The image, which depicts a female version of the fresco including a female Christ figure and two apostles embracing a bare-chested man in jeans, was ruled by the judge to be "a gratuitous and aggressive act of intrusion of people's innermost beliefs". Banned by the Italian authorities last month, the ad includes a dove and a chalice which, they said, recalls the foundations of the faith and could therefore offend. "When you trivialise the founding acts of a religion, when you touch on sacred things, you create an unbearable moral violence which is a danger to our children," said lawyer Thierry Massis. "Tomorrow, Christ on the cross will be selling socks." The designers, however, are appealing on the grounds that the image was based on a painting and inspired by Dan Brown's bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. "The work is a photograph based on a painting, not a bible," their lawyer, Bernard Cahen, told the BBC. "There is nothing in it that is offensive to the Catholic religion. It is a way of showing the place of women in society today, which is a reflection of our changing values." (March 16 2005, AM)

 

[Squizree]

^ As a Christian, I don't like it either. It's deeply degrading to the significance the Last Supper.

 

[MayaStar]

amazing thread! thanks for the sharing!