Marije Hellwich
‘Public/Private/Public’ is about the different identities of garments in western society. People can attribute personal emotion and meaning to a garment whilst the same garment can be perceived totally unacceptable to the bigger part of society. When a person doesn’t conform to the dress codes of society a garment and the person wearing it can be labeled as 'strange'.
Public/Private/Public
By Marije Hellwich, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
‘Public/Private/Public’ is about the different identities of garments in western society. People can attribute personal emotion and meaning to a garment whilst the same garment can be perceived totally unacceptable to the bigger part of society. When a person doesn’t conform to the dress codes of society a garment and the person wearing it can be labeled as 'strange'.These codes of conduct led us to create a public and a private identity for ourselves. An enormous gap may exist in what we wear in public and what can only be worn in private. In my collection I used and combined iconical garments like the t-shirt, bra, suit, tights, down jacket and wedding dress, to create a bridge between public and private space. It represents the differences in established ideas in society and personal choices, what can be quite contradictory.
Photo: Liam Tickner
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The concept of ‘Lichting’ is simple: the best academy graduates of one year in 1 central catwalk show. In the audience are the 700 most important people for the next step in their careers: fashion journalists and influential stylists, ready to spot the next big thing; CEO’s and design managers on the look-out for talent; and the all-important players-behind-the-scenes, all eager to see what the nation’s academies have brought forth this year.
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