Research Sharon

I BOUGHT A COW CARPET AT MY LOCAL THRIFT STORE FOR DECORATION REASONS...

I DIDN'T WANT TO BUY A NEW ONE BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL BAD (HYPOCRITE?!)

OR NOT (RECYCLE)

HOW WEIRD IS IT THAT WE PERCEIVE SKIN AS A 'TREND'... OH WAIT

FUNCTION VS PURPOSE'

''EXOTIC'' -> ''LUXURY" EVER SINCE 18TH CENTURY
DEPENDING ON SOCIAL CLASSES (TACKY WHEN LOWER CLASS)
acc. Roberta Gorin-Paracka

PERSONIFICATION VS OBJECTIFICATION

STUDIO NINAMOUNAH

''WE ZIJN VERGETEN DAT WE APEN ZIJN''
''DIEREN DIE TOEVALLIG JURKEN DRAGEN''

GEEN GEVALLEN ENGELEN MAAR APEN DIE HEBBEN LEREN LOPEN

Fashion as an everchanging uniform, transforming like a butterfly

ANIMALS HAVE 'HUMANLIKE' TRADITIONS, RITUALS, RELIGIONS -> ELEPHANTS

WHY DO WE ASSOCIATE LEATHER/ANIMAL PRINT WITH LUXURY/POWER/VULGARITY?

2 RESEARCH: RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY AND INTERIOR/FASHION TRENDS SURROUNDING ANIMAL PRINT OR HIDE -> WHAT INFLUENCES THE OVERALL POINT OF VIEW?

MAISON MARGIELA

5. Wig coat and wig, the 20th Birthday Show, 2009
For what is now known as his 20th Birthday Show in 2009, Margiela presented something of a greatest hits – though not in any typical sense, the designer instead taking some of his memorable pieces and presenting them anew – at the centre, the “wig coat” and matching wig, that took its cues from the house’s A/W05 Artisanal collection. A play on the fur coats of Paris’ bourgeoisie, the surreal garment projected Margiela’s transgressive brand of glamour, and marked something of a full circle moment – a nod to the designer’s continued fascination with the reappropriation of found objects. Not long afterwards, in December 2009, Margiela would leave his namesake brand. In doing so, the 20th Birthday Show is now seen as the Margiela’s swansong, an enduring memory of the desginer’s vital creative force.

https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10655/tracing-maison-margiela-s-history-through-the-designer-s-most-famous-pieces