/fa/ - Fashion

>>7875013
YOHJI IS NOT ANTI FASHION.
ANTI FASHION IMPLIES THAT AN ENTITY OPERATES TO DISSOLVE FASHION.
YOHJI OPERATES COMMERCIALLY WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY BUT CONCEPTUALLY WITHIN HIS OWN WORLD (OUTSIDE).
THIS IS WHY IT IS SEEN AS OUTSIDER FASHION, HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF CYCLICAL REGURGITATION OF THE EXISTING.

"Around his debut his work was definitely "Anti" fashion in that it went against the established standards of body - conscious silhouettes."
I DON'T THINK HIS WORK WAS EVER CONCERNED WITH THE EXISTING IDEAS OF FASHION. IT CANNOT BE ANTI-FASHION WITHOUT FIRST ACKNOWLEDGING FASHION.
HE OPERATED IN ALL THE SAME INDUSTRIAL CIRCUITS (PHOTOGRAPHY, EDITORIALS, RUNWAY, FASHION WEEK, FABRICATION, MATERIAL SOURCING) AS ANY OTHER BUSINESS WOULD.

"He was not consciously trying to go against the norm, I am not even..."
THIS CONCLUDES IT NICELY.

"he has definitely gone against the mainstream"
THAT'S NOT TRUE. AGAINST MAINSTREAM IMPLIES AND ACTIVE EFFORT TO DISTURB THE STREAM, YOHJI WAS NEVER CONCERNED WITH THE STREAM AND FELT DISILLUSIONED BY WHAT IT OFFERED; SETTING UP HIS OWN STREAM OUTSIDE AND NOT CONFLICTING WITH THE EXISTING.
OUTSIDER DOES NOT MEAN REBEL

"He has gone against social and gender norms established in fashion"
I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE PERCEIVED IT AS BREAKING SOCIAL BINARIES AND ACTING AGAINST WHAT YOU THINK FASHION AT TH TIME REPRESENTED I DON'T THINK YOHJI AT ANY POINT ACTED IN A WAY TO DEFY THE EXISTING BUT RATHER PURPOSED AN ESCAPE FROM IT BY ESTABLISHING THIS ALTERNATE AESTHETIC UNIVERSE.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT AW96, AW98 AND SS99 WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE VERY BLUNT ATTACKS POPULAR SOCIAL CULTURE AND PERCEPTION BUT I DON'T THINK THESE ATTACKS ARE ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT TO FASHION.
I'VE ALWAYS INTERPRETED THEM AS CRITIQUES POINTING FUN AT NONSENSICAL PARADIGMS CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES SEEK TO ENFORCE, ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BUT TO A MUCH MORE RIGOROUS EXTENT IN JAPAN.