Posted on 09/22/2017 1:56:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
On Valentine’s Day, the WhiteBox art gallery in New York City hosted a runway show with a political twist. The diverse group of models featured in “Illegal Fashion” wore dresses made of canvas, linen, burlap, and recycled paper. Painted with splotches of bold colors, the garments bore provocative phrases like “I am illegal,” “deport me,” and “ICE me.”
Artist Maria de Los Angeles curated the show with Juan Puntes de Los Angeles also designed the dresses modeled. The 29-year-old has a personal connection to the garments, as well as to the messages painted on them.
“I’m undocumented,” she says. “So a lot of the show was about my identity. There is a large range of immigrant experiences. There are a lot of stereotypes, both negative and positive.”
“Illegal Fashion” not only aimed to shine a spotlight on the immigrant experience, but also to draw attention to the fact that the work of immigrants drives the fashion business.
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Fabrics have changed, but the “in style” clothes that I buy today have not radically changed in over 30 years - the best styles are the styles that have never aged much; classic remains good. To clothe the world well the fashionistas are not needed. (I know the industry personally well through family and friends.)
I’m with you. I can give up burritos and good guacamole. But take away dresses made of recycled paper and life isn’t worth living.
I'm just trying to make the case that there are some decent people in each industry, who are just trying to make a living
Do I approve of the idiots? Of course not. Nobody should.
One of my guilty pleasures (and personal insults, to be honest), is watching Project Runway. If someone can wade through all the stereotypical aspects of it, making it look like only total misfits work in the industry, and CRAY CRAY is 100% in control, you can actually find some great things in some of what they do.
Can I recommend it to anyone? Hell no. The cesspool aspects of the show are undeniable.
On each show, some of the designs are very impressive.
If only the audience didn't have to spend time two feet over their head in human waste, it would actually be a decent program.
Back to your regularly scheduled programing. ":^)
“I’m just trying to make the case that there are some decent people in each industry, who are just trying to make a living”
“Decent people” are many times illegal employees in the U.S. and very exploited workers in garment factories overseas. Their decency does not make up for what crap a lot of the industry is.
Divas, bribes, collusion, corruption, exploitation, huge markups on mere “name” alone, and for what, the “decent people”? No. It all goes to to the immoral and corrupt top of the food chain in “fashion” and the “decent” people are the dispensable ones.
Wuli, unless folks want to go back to making their own clothes and totally stop buying commercial products, there’s going to be some of this going on.
Why don’t you tell me what you think would fix things. Perhaps I’ll agree.
Sonia Pena is a wonderful fashion designer who does very ladylike outfits, many of them chosen by mothers of brides.
Oh wait. She’s from Spain.
If you want to see an interesting fashion photo shoot, take a look at her site and click on “The Making of The Catalog.”
http://www.soniapena.com/en/catwalk/collection-2017/making-of-scarlett
My point is that the majority of clothes people buy has next to nothing to do with the fashion industry in New York, Paris or any other major city; and what is promoted by them is the most over-priced produced-by-exploitation goods on the planet. They simply are not needed for people to be clothed well.
People still have to come up with material combinations and make subtle modifications to make thing look fresh.
Some folks don't even realize those changes. What they see is new clothing that doesn't look totally dated.
What WILL we ever do?
Who knew that fashion could make me smile?
There’s always Jacqueline Smith.
Yes, oh this is so bad! /s
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