Evaluating designer’s ideas and concepts.
Lane Crawford S/S 2013
This fashion video of Nick Knight's edited image explosions are like shards of shattered glass bursting from the models, and pausing before retreating and reshaping. It has an element of Anime accompanied with distortion and repetition.
Giles Deacon 'The Troubadour' dress from A/W 2007
I love the use of opposing colours in this video. The striking green battling with the shadowing red, in order to achieve victory of the subject.
Evaluating designer’s ideas and concepts.
Zara Mia | The In Pieces Collection | Menswear | Autumn/Winter 2013-2014
This particular menswear collection is based on 18th
century menswear. Influenced by a maritime theme within the designer’s
collection, the video portrays a subtle use of props, such as the manipulation
of the rope which resembles the fisherman’s knot, but is nothing more than a
tangled attempt. Therefore the rope depicts the reduction of knowledge in the
shipping industry. The music is very soothing, yet in contrast, conjures up an
element of longing, or even not belonging. The model is surrounded by rubble
and giant concrete hollowed blocks and at one point he brandishes part of a
branch, indicating a warrior like essence. Along with the graffiti, a strong
impression of abandonment is present, which is parallel to a once thriving area
that is now derelict. The images in daylight are obviously visible and
detailed, and the transition from day to night highlights the lighter sections
of fabric. The use of a searchlight, or spotlight, also runs alongside the
naval based topic.
The collection itself is a mixture of men’s and women’s
wear, with a clear emphasis on the traditional attributes of each sex, the
feminine form displaying exaggerated soft curves and the masculine form focusing
on strength and oversized angles. The colours are natural on the whole, with
added strips of dark purples, mid yellows and sea-faring prints. The whole
collection is filmed in isolated ruins and forsaken grounds filled with debris.
This could possibly be an interpretation of how the shipping industry had
reduced over time with the use of modern machinery, which then in turn,
produces more abused land and unused docks.
House of Flora A/W 2013 - Marie Schuller / Marlon Rueberg
The film begins with an explosion of colour amidst a blackened backdrop, which clearly represents a catastrophic event and its aftermath. This is apparent throughout the rest of the film, revealing a haze of tinted clouds and shimmering flashes of metallic flakes. The music begins with a culminating explosion, coinciding with the volatile visual effects. Excerpts from a composition called The Winding Path, performed by Soul Trace, are extracted using only parts of the arrangement. With arousing melancholic impressions and eerie undertones in the audio, the models appear in slow motion adorned with futuristic garb, each one appearing to be in either a state of heightened rage, fear or, in my opinion, even bloodlust. This would suggest the portrayal of chaos within an apocalyptic society, where few would survive and food would be sparse. There are momentary flashes of politcal and public figures within the film, including clips of Marilyn Monroe, George Bush and Anna Nicole Smith, to name a few.
On the whole, the video evokes a sense of destruction within our planet, be it within oneself or society as a whole, exposing truth to the phrase "the survival of the fittest".
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