How Fashion Can Represent The State Of Mind And Emotions...

Elevated to Art: How fashion can represent the state of mind and emotions of New Zealanders through aesthetics, thus elevating it from a display of frivolity to one of art. The German philosopher, Walter Benjamin, discussed fashion as having the unique ability to successfully make the leap â€Å"from a sociological, art historical, or material observation of clothes, to an understanding of fashion s unique character as a historical constituent, a structuring device, potentially even a revolutionary force.† Benjamin’s perspective is an alternative to the ubiquitous thought in both New Zealand and international garment design that fashion holds a status of frivolousness over one of art. The thoughts held however, by those involved or interested in fashion tend to favour Benjamin’s viewpoint. This research’s intent is to provide evidence that fashion, with an emphasis on the work of New Zealand designers, can be a major commentator on social discourse. Placing emphasis on this potential is what could allow design to have an equal amount of possibilities and opportunities as any other form of fine arts. The question of how the world of fashion can be connected to social and political movements, such as gender inequity, has become a point discussed amongst scholars, designers and other members of the fashion industry. Following a recent survey of current literature, a range of factors were made apparent, with two signfact points being highlighted. The first of these themes wasShow MoreRelatedManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 PagesReed−Lajoux and others . . . This book was printed on recycled paper. Management http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright  ©2005 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−HillRead MoreMonsanto: Better Living Through Genetic Engineering96204 Words   |  385 Pagesand the greens: Governance issues in Tasmania C A S E F O U R Succeeding in the Sydney indie music industry C A S E F I V E Nucor in 2005 C A S E S I X News Corp in 2005: Consolidating the DirecTV acquisition C A S E S E V E N Shanghai Volkswagen: Implementing project management in the electrical engineering division C A S E E I G H T Television New Zealand: Balancing between commercial and social objectives C A S E N I N E From greenï ¬ eld to graduates: University of the Sunshine Coast C A S E T E N