susie_bubble
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I just picked up ES magazine and saw this and thought it was pretty interesting.
Grayson Perry (female alter ego: Claire), the Turner Prize winning potter and transvestite was invited to Paris to draw a series of sketches at the couture shows. As the shows came to an end, he heard news of the London bombings on 7/7. As a result, his sketches took a dark turning and the models are thus shown pictured against a gritty London backdrop.
Perry: 'The theme is playing with the idea that fashion flirts with danger. But I'm not saying for a moment that there's any downside of dressing however you want.'
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I love the juxtaposition of images. It's very thought provoking as fashion is often far removed from what's going on in the 'real' world and here the two collide.
Images scanned from ES magazine and quotes taken from article - 'Tranniepotter and the Paris Couture'
Grayson Perry (female alter ego: Claire), the Turner Prize winning potter and transvestite was invited to Paris to draw a series of sketches at the couture shows. As the shows came to an end, he heard news of the London bombings on 7/7. As a result, his sketches took a dark turning and the models are thus shown pictured against a gritty London backdrop.
Perry: 'The theme is playing with the idea that fashion flirts with danger. But I'm not saying for a moment that there's any downside of dressing however you want.'
Click thumbnails.
I love the juxtaposition of images. It's very thought provoking as fashion is often far removed from what's going on in the 'real' world and here the two collide.
Images scanned from ES magazine and quotes taken from article - 'Tranniepotter and the Paris Couture'
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