As the fall 2024 collections waned today, something ended up being apparent: dream is over. Program after program after program, designers conjured up a “closet” as their motivation for the season: genuine clothing genuine ladies living realities. At Undercoverwhere Wim Wenders checked out a poem entitled “Watching A Working Woman,” Jun Takahashi provided spectacular meditations on contemporary motherhood by “flattening” closets to all-in-one pieces that were as simple to place on as they were hard to determine. His designs brought grocery bags, yoga mats, and other fragments of daily life. Marine Serre bundled comparable items like coffee cups, pizza boxes, and even records; things that are naturally present at Ground Control, the food court/ art area/ recreation center where she staged her program. (They were all emblazoned with her signature crescent moon logo design.)
Various characters need various props, which is why this season there were likewise a barrage of flowers– a suggestion to look for softness throughout tough times, maybe– however likewise books, papers, and even a basketball. They’re likewise shorthand for designers to make a much deeper connection with their audience, to show their own selves back at them.
“I Shop, Therefore I am,” Barbara Kruger stated whenand recently the rallying cry of there’s no ethical usage under commercialismhas actually ended up being the equivalent of the”This is Fine” meme, a method to laugh however acknowledge that in 2024, whatever we bring does specify us.
Carbo-Loading
“I Can Buy Myself Flowers”
Proof
In a program where The X-Files were pointed out as a motivation, a Coperni Swipe bag inside a zip lock bag.
Thanks to Coperni
Me, An Intellectual
For the Ceremony
An ode to the goddesses continued a litter at Di Petsa.
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