A couple of days ago, I ran across this article regarding a proposed fashion project:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alexander-mcqueen-being-turned-leather-180959837/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&no-ist
Am I the only one who finds this project just wrong on a very fundamental level? What makes her any different then say a serial killer who wears the skin of their victim? Or the Nazis and all of their macabre and evil experiments?
I believe that fashion plays a large role in how we non-verbally communicate with the world about who we are as a person. This, to me, denies the very humanity at the core of fashion. It becomes especially distasteful if you consider that Alexander McQueen died of suicide after a deeply unhappy life in which he struggled with the mental illness of depression. That's right. She wants to capitalize on something that is only available because a man was tortured to death by his own inner demons.
So, obviously, this is a topic that deserves scrutiny. Consideration of it asks you to look deep within yourself and ask some serious questions about the fundamentals of humanity. Please, comment below. I am anxious to know if I am alone in my revulsion.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alexander-mcqueen-being-turned-leather-180959837/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&no-ist
Am I the only one who finds this project just wrong on a very fundamental level? What makes her any different then say a serial killer who wears the skin of their victim? Or the Nazis and all of their macabre and evil experiments?
I believe that fashion plays a large role in how we non-verbally communicate with the world about who we are as a person. This, to me, denies the very humanity at the core of fashion. It becomes especially distasteful if you consider that Alexander McQueen died of suicide after a deeply unhappy life in which he struggled with the mental illness of depression. That's right. She wants to capitalize on something that is only available because a man was tortured to death by his own inner demons.
So, obviously, this is a topic that deserves scrutiny. Consideration of it asks you to look deep within yourself and ask some serious questions about the fundamentals of humanity. Please, comment below. I am anxious to know if I am alone in my revulsion.
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