Episode 9: Fashion Turns Ugly? – When Costume Meets Catwalk
It is not contentious to connect costume and the catwalk: Alexander McQueen did in 1997 with his ‘It’s A Jungle Out There’ collection. However, few designers and fashion houses are as willing – or as brave? – to compare their collections with th
It is not contentious to connect costume and the catwalk: Alexander McQueen did in 1997 with his ‘It’s A Jungle Out There’ collection. However, few designers and fashion houses are as willing – or as brave? – to compare their collections with the dressing up box. In today’s fashion industry ‘Fancy Dress’ remains a dirty term. Why is this? Discussing recent commentary that considers ‘ugly’, ‘critical’ and ‘experimental’ fashions, alongside the presentation of fashion in photographers’ work – from Tim Walker to Juno Calypso – this episode considers why the prevalence and popularity of fancy dress creates opportunities, and dilemmas, for some of fashion industries biggest brands.
Links
- Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas, Critical Fashion Practice (2017)
- Francesca Granata, Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body (2017)
- Jamie Huckbody, ‘The Ugly Truth’, Harper’s BAZAAR Australia (August 2018), 120-123.
- Tim Walker, Story Teller (2012)
- @dressfancypodcast
- @mslucyclayton
- @benjamin__wild
Photographers
- @elenarendinastudio
- @nadialeelee
- @junocalypso
Fashion designers
- @alexandermcqueen
- @thombrowneny
- @craig__green
- bruceasbestos
- @rottingdeanbazaar
Wider commentary
- @vestojstories
- @trashfashionshit
- @worldofwearableart
- @sarahmower_
