Now, in the 21st century, the value of a single life is increasing. But the point is, even if it is not, in fact, rising and just seems so, for the first time in history we all can communicate and unite as species to save … Continue readingEyes Wide Shut. Part II
Humanity is suffocating. Is it true and, if so, how did this happen and how do we stop it? Throughout human history, we continuously develop ways to live comfortable lives, usually thinking about only ourselves. And be it something real, physical or mechanisms in our … Continue readingEyes Wide Shut. Part I
This photograph (right side) was taken at the exit from Buckingham Palace, where Vivienne Westwood was invited to present the Order of Merit for the Motherland from the hands of Her Majesty in 1992. The audience was expecting a “punk-style exit” from the unpredictable “vanguard … Continue readingVIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Today my course mates and me had our first exhibition, yes, it was a small step, but very important, none of us had our work exhibited before. The exhibition was for the brief “Say Something!” And everyone tried to express themselves and things they’re worried … Continue readingEnd of term exhibition
During my first term of second year of my studies I was developing the “Equality is a false God” concept, trying to catch attention on people blindly following society streams, without thinking, using equality and all happening around it as an example. You have already … Continue readingNew Wave Kimono
Relations of feminism and fashion were not always simple, but they had a place to be. Starting with Emilia Blumer, who was one of the first women to wear trousers, and suffragist women of the early 20th century, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, who popularised the … Continue readingMcQueen and Feminism
Pattern cutting and design are physical activities, they extend from the hand and eye, from rotations of the wrist, elbow and shoulder, but they also flow from the mind and it’s perception of spatial awareness, from the psychological processes of transferring ideas and concepts into … Continue readingSubtraction pattern cutting
Blow up the conservative world, put familiar concepts of taste and elegance upside down, challenge the fashion, letting unimaginable combinations of eye-cutting colors and shades onto the catwalk, while clearly observing the line beyond which style ends and vulgarity begins … At the beginning of … Continue readingUndeservedly forgotten legend
Constructivism is the Soviet avant-garde method (style, direction) in the visual arts, architecture, photography and arts and crafts, which was developed in the 1920s and early 1930s. As wrote V.V. Mayakovsky in his essay on French painting: «For the first time, a new word of … Continue readingRussian Constructivism
My second project, which helps me to explain to the world my views and I hope will help me to change it a little bit. With this project I’m trying to explain the issues connected to equality. Everyone everyday sees somewhere, doesn’t matter, is it … Continue readingEquality is a false God