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Final Project => ThesisAshley Parkin
Background InfoMichael Knight: Too “Sean John”
Background InfoQuote Diddy:
“We've stepped out of that urban, hip-hop box that people tried to put us in, in the beginning," he said. "Our clothing is bought by all colors, all races. We live in a new America where that style of thinking is almost ancient right now — that because the designer is black that his clothes are black. Things have evolved and this is a true testament to that. Christian Louboutin is black, but that doesn't mean his shoes are black. I'm black but my clothes are for everybody.”
New York Magazine, 5/5/10
Background Info
French Vogue, October 2009 L’Officiel Hommes, March-April 2010
Black is Beautiful!
Background Info
Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2009 Collection
Dior’s Spring 2008 Collection
Africa: “Tribal” and “Ethnic” Chic
Project Questions1. Can the Web be used as a medium in itself
for creating fine art with something to ask/say?
2. Why is a group’s culture and aesthetic easier to accept than the people responsible for creating them in the first place?
3. Do they think it’s convenient to put on and take off whenever it suits them?
Thesis IdeaCreate a satirical fashion line and present it on
the Web with its own site, with some interactive play pieces to emphasize the brand.
The name of the fashion line is Noco; it is a play on the derogatory word “coon.”
Domain name: thebarracoos.com“Coon” is possibly derived from the Portuguese
word “barracoos,” which was the name of a building that used to house slaves ready for sale (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coon)
Final Project: Croquis LookbookAccording to one of the advisors from the Parsons
Fashion School, Priscilla Holcomb, a fashion designer creates a croquis lookbook as the building block/prototype for his or her collection
It contains an “inspiration collage” of images that the designer extracts ideas from for the collection
Second, a “mood board” of fabric swatches and embellishment samples that might or will be used in making it
Third, a collection of sketches depicting the collection, called “croquis.”
PrecedentsDamali Ayo’s Rent-A-Negro.comJonah Peretti’s BlackPeopleLoveUs.comForgetMeNotPanties.comPatrick Kelly, fashion designer
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/patrick_kelly/)
JetBlue Airlines’ “The Flyers Collection” ad campaign
Additional Components (Thesis)1. Interactive Play Blueprint2. Web Site Mockups
1. Interactive Play PieceMade with AS3, it will letusers assemble their own “negro” with pre-designedpuzzle pieces containingbasic stereotypes of both black men and women.
My ambition is to have users’creations be shared on aspecial Facebook fan page and profile that I will be making for this “company.”
2. Web Site MockUps
Homepage
2. Web Site MockUps
About Noco: Our History
2. Web Site MockUps
About Noco: Our Videos
2. Web Site MockUps
About Noco: Our Videos -> single video
2. Web Site MockUps
The Collection: homepage
2. Web Site MockUps
The Collection: section layout
2. Web Site MockUps
Contact Info
2. Web Site MockUps
Site Map
2. Web Site MockUps
Legal Notice (explanation of thesis project)
2. Web Site MockUps
Copyright (list of sources used for thesis project)
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