With all that's going on in the world, the fact that fashion still invests billions into ridiculous togs, skeletal models and overblown, under-thought spectacles is just . . . gross.
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The buzzing interlude/sound evoking electroconvulsive therapy on psychiatric patients is especially offensive.
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Gucci good luck with a profitable season on this show. Seriously?????
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What’s beautiful is the way these shows are described. A true critic puts Fashion (which I consider one of th Arts) in context with world events, contemporary or futuristic ideas or just everyday living. The commentary educates us about trends and ideas and help us “see” the shows without actually being there.
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Was it an oven, some wondered? A red light district? SHADE!
In the welcome note emailed to attendees, the designer had name-checked Michel Foucault (source of Erterotopia or, in English, Herterotopia, and refers to Foucault’s worlds within worlds)
WHAT????
What this is about is Sports Clothing and Utility versus something else. It is also about secular beliefs. There is some strange imagery and symbols there. I'll keep quiet.
Uggh, the clothes -- aside from the stupid straightjackets -- are ugly throwbacks to the 60s and 70s (I mean, bell-bottoms, really?). And the models, men and women alike, all look like totally emaciated, emotionless robots or scarecrows.
Who in their right mind could find these clothes attractive?
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Perhaps Gucci should rename their line "Jaded". Then again, the inapproachable snob look has be in for sometime...
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What unproductive navel gazing. This is why we will all die from smoke inhalation while our house burns around us.
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“Gucci can be the antedote?” HA.
The straight jackets are shameful.
I work in fashion, and even THIS embarrasses me.
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The "protest post" included in this article by @ayeshatanjones is factually flawed and a good example of why models should stick to modeling. In the USA, CDC WISQARS data are clear that middle aged to elderly white males are the group most at risk for committing suicide (suicidal ideation is not the same as carrying out a suicide). If you don't believe it just pull up the most recent full year data on the CDC website.
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Perhaps had the designer studied Foucault and the history of the institution more closely, he would not be so likely to glamorize a restraint device that was used to torment mentally ill people. Erasing the history of mentally ill people who died in institutions (see the many projects nationally to identify their abandoned, anonymous graves) is an appropriation of disability culture every bit as heinous as work like the blackface sweater.
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@Ann Fox
Restraining someone when they're not in control of their own actions and have proven to be a danger to themselves and others, is not willful "torment."
What would you do instead, if you were in charge of preventing dozens of schizos from causing harm in a confined space? Just keep them zonked out on psychiatric meds 24/7 and force-feed them every meal?
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Not caring...all the way to the bank.
Apart from the bell bottoms on the men, much of this show is very wearable, if you like the sexy retro hippie-with-money look. It is better edited than previous shows and I appreciate the cerebral effort.
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This is no Fashion Show, What it seems to be an overindulgence by the owners of Gucci in the abilities of a designer to sell clothes. Truly, Nothing of any interest or value to see here.
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It’s fashion’s job to get people to buy more clothes when they already have plenty of clothes.
That’s it. That’s the only purpose.
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Straight from the Handmaids Tale
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I know very little about the fashion world and live in middle America where most women my age are shopping for comfortable but neat and versatile clothing we can afford. That said, what strikes me about the models shown in the photos accompanying this article is, once again, that persistent emaciated body and the vacant or slightly angry expressions on their faces that telegraph, “Don’t come near me; I’m damaged.” Is that what the straight jacket look is referencing? What is that all about? I thought we had had this discussion before and decided the strung out look was not okay. In a country where so many of our youth are dying from drug overdoses and so many are languishing under the overpasses of our major cities, this seems...I can’t even tell what it means. It is just highly disturbing to me. Never mind. I will never be in a position to buy from this designer anyway.
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Gucci just presented a money losing collection. I predict the designer will have evaporated after next season. A disaster.
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I think this is beautiful and horrid at the same time. It’s a bold move that not everyone would enjoy seeing. It almost makes a comical moment out of a very serious subject, a very gentle subject. But I also recognize that this is a nice way to shed light on mental illness in a way. It adds a nice awareness to a subject that no one talks about anymore. I’ve had mental illnesses all my life and have only heard a few people talking about it or bringing it to light. To learn about my mental illnesses or bring it to people's attention I literally had to cry my eyes out to someone. And a lot of people don’t do that; however, now you see everyone here talking about even something related to it. But that’s based on my personal experiences in Massachusetts, maybe people in other states talk about it more. I do not truly know.
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Uh oh - fashion finds Foucault. I guess it was inevitable...and probably appropriate in the Age of Epstein. Goodbye pretty babies, hello Leather (and strait-jacketed) Panopticon.
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Over analyzing fashion designers statements must be good work if you can get it!
For the clothing part, the tailoring looks second-rate, and whoever accessorized the show must be where they found the straight jackets.
They should have put an effigy of Peter Sellers in the front-row!
Ciao
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"old lady lunch suits?" perhaps traditional women's suits might be a bit less off-putting.
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@vg rosenwald But not nearly as fun to imagine.
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