Hiroshima’s Bag Lady
Hiroshima’s Bag Lady
Increasing the Parameters of the Real
Author(s): Luciana Nunes NacifSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Aesthetics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Spoločnosť pre estetiku na Slovensku a Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: Fashion; Beauty; Deconstruction; Vilém Flusser; Rei Kawakubo
Summary/Abstract: What is considered ugly, grotesque or unpleasant by the fashion world? The first collection presented by Rei Kawakubo in Paris was classified as offensive to Western aesthetic standards, for it questioned the French ideal of beauty and elegance. Through silhouettes covered in frayed, perforated and monochromatic fabrics, Kawakubo disrupted the established notion of the beautiful body, stripping it of the clichés of femininity, explicit sexuality and glamour. Under the lens of Vilém Flusser’s philosophy, the Japanese fashion designer created the new, the beautiful, that which is capable of expanding the parameters of the real.
Journal: ESPES
- Issue Year: 12/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 117-123
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
