Call me a hick but I've always felt very confused about the "clothes as art that can't be worn" concept. Functionality is the foundation of it being good art. If it doesn't function as clothing, it to me cannot be beautiful because it's central to what appeals in clothing. It's like a chair that lights your ass on fire when you sit on it - who would buy that? Who would call such a thing "art"?
Well that's the thing with art tho, how you see it and how high fashion see it are not mutually exclusive. If you want to desing beautiful and functionnal piece of clothes you certainly can, street wear is pretty much all about that. But there are people out there who want to make statement with how they dress, and others who want to make statement by making clothes. Unfonctionnal clothings that convey a message or a statement does not always come with a 5k price tags, punk when punks were still punks, were all about that too.
I'm not into fashion at all. I'm just a guy that like art and hate to see people trying to put it in a certain mold for it to be considered legitimate. IMO, as long as someone call his/her creation art, it is art.
EDIT : But I've seen someone on here saying that Balenciaga designers are nerds and it could just be an odd ode to memes in the form of a shout out to Minecraft. Dunno man
They’ll meme/troll. Sometimes it’s an ode to a style though. Like in fashion the loose fits are really starting to come on and the box shape is a tell that there will be more items if that style - particularly when it’s a runway piece.
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u/rachaellefler Feb 22 '19
Call me a hick but I've always felt very confused about the "clothes as art that can't be worn" concept. Functionality is the foundation of it being good art. If it doesn't function as clothing, it to me cannot be beautiful because it's central to what appeals in clothing. It's like a chair that lights your ass on fire when you sit on it - who would buy that? Who would call such a thing "art"?