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PUR Puritan. The puritanicial Philosophy is distinctly represented in Gothic. It stands for pureness and plainness. By the research I have noticed puritan‘ s common wear. Wearing white headdress as well as white toby collar belongs to the puritan‘s philosophy. Their clothes were very color restricted, the most like just black or white. The white elements like definite plainness of purity. Besides, the clothes were designed in oder to feel opposite from innocence and purity. I wanted to show the puritan‘s clothes and images that inspired me by the work and the imperfection and both sided being of mankind by expressing a social corruption and hypocrisy which has occurred behind their history.
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SUMMER OF LOVE The Hippes fashion was originated from their clothing in the 1960s to 70s. In these days in USA, there were a lot of incidents such as Vietnam War, Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, 1992 Los Angeles riots and etc. These circumstances were enough for the people to arouse anger and despair to the society, therefore the young people have to deny the situation and it was aresistance against the modern mass society and the capitalism which is completely achieved in 1950s. Generally, they loved peace, shouted a revolution; back to the nature, thought much of a natural emotion instead of morality and a liberal emotion instead of rationality and pursued enjoyment. FLOWER POWER One of the most important role as a symbol of the Hippie culture is the Flower. It implies the resistance against violence and suppression, being opposed to everything through love for gentle nature without violence. Especially, the flower of San Francisco was derived from Hippie which is called „flower children“. The flower here is the important motive in this collection summer of love.
ABOUT THE WORK SUMMER OF LOVE Without any violence or tougness, it intends to show a tender and emotional resistance and the desire of freedom, which are internally hidden in the mankeind, from excessive demand for rational intellect and a needless convention that can be recognized in the modern society. A general silhouette of the dress in my collection was inspired by the 60s‘ style. I generally designed with bell-bottom trousers or wild jacket and a luxury but not overdressed looking blouse, and I worked especially with green, brown and beige toned colors. I have interpreted the shape of a flower geometrically which was an important symbol for the hippie movement, and expressed patterns on pants ans sleeve as ornament by embroidery, which are a focal point of accessories and clothes. I intend to express emotions of Hippies through fine detai;s, which can be expressed by embroidery, and combination of colors that look three dimensional unlike plane.
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