Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
A quick survey of 2012 runway shows, ready-to-wear campaigns, fashion editorials and blogs will reveal that armor-inspired fashion trends are pervading the fashion world. Spiked heals and helmets, studded shoulder pads and bodysuits, metal eye-patches, industrial accessories, chain mail body jewelry and leather military harnesses are saturating the market. Designers are capitalizing on this fierce, “bad-ass,” urban-warrior motif, as they embellish every possible accessory with spikes and sharp geometric shapes. The season’s muse seems to be a fusion of medieval warrior (reminiscent of Joan of Arc), futuristic space voyager (think Prometheus) and post-apocalyptic combatant (Katniss Everdeen, heroine of The Hunger Games). A woman, clad in this highly angular, metal-plated gear, delivers an assertive message that discourages contact and fortifies a barrier between herself and her onlooker. Is her objective one of defense by intimidation, or one of offense by preparation, as she is fully equipped to battle? I wager it is both. The overwhelming effect of this style is one of female empowerment. Why do designers feel compelled to armor women? As I analyze this fashion trend, I ask: what is the threat? What do women need protection from? Inversely, what are women fighting against? In the context of social policy in the United States, I deduce that women are fighting for themselves. They are fighting to claim what is justly theirs: the controversial right to control their own bodies... Read more & see mixed media painting: http://sabrinabrett.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-up-arms.html
Citation preview
Jewelry Design by Shaun Leane
“Taking Up Arms” Inspiration Slideshow http://sabrinabrett.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-up-arms.html
Fashion Design by Rachel Freire, Collection A/W 2010/2011
‘Blue Angel’ Publication, SOMA Magazine Fall 2012, Model - Angelica, Photographer - Filippo del Vite
Fashion Design by Frankie Morello
“Musas de Fantasía,” S Moda September 2012, Photographer - Satoshi Saikusa, Models - Nadine Ponce
and Ella Kandyba
“Musas de Fantasía,” S Moda September 2012, Photographer - Satoshi Saikusa, Models - Nadine Ponce
and Ella Kandyba
Model - Andrej Pejic
“The Warrior Way,” Vogue US March 2010, Model - Daria Werbowy, Photographer - David Sims, Stylist - Grace Coddington
Fashion DesignerFashion Design by Úna Burke
Model - Andrej Pejic
Fashion Design by Jean Paul Gaultier, Collection Spring 2010
Masha Novoselova by Solve Sundsbo
Numéro Magazine April 2009, Model - Jamie Bochert, Photographer - Greg Kadel
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia 2012 Calendar, Fashion Design by Furne Amato, Amato Haute Couture
“Dame of Thrones,” W Magazine September 2012, Model - Kristen McMenamy, Photographer - Tim Walker, Stylist
- Jacob K
Fashion Design by Rachel Freire, Collection A/W 2010/2011
Fashion Design by Iris Van Herpen, Haute Couture, Spring 2012
Fashion Design by Iris Van Herpen, Haute Couture, Fall 2012
Fashion Design by Maison Martin Margiela, Collection F/W
2011
Fashion Stylist - Barbara Palladino
Jewelry Fashion Design by Thierry Mugler
Photograph by Lado Alexi
Fashion Design by Givenchy at Paris Fashion Week Spring 2011
Model - Katy Perry wearing The Blonds corset, Photographer - Mike Ruiz
Fashion Designer: Ann Demeulemeester
Vogue Netherlands November 2012, Model - Anna de Rijk, Photographer - Marc de
Groot
Fashion Design by Jean Paul Gaultier, Haute Couture S/S
2010
Cyber Glam by Maurizio Fantini
Fashion Design by Nina Ricci, RTW Collection Spring 2013
Fashion Design by Scherer Gonzalez
Rihanna wearing shoulder piece by Bryce Aime in “Hard” music video, 2009
