Post-Modern Millinery
Concept- Cliches based on the post modern tendency towards a short cultural memory and our lack of awareness for how things originated and what they really mean. We take cliches to heart and spew them out at every opportunity.
I was interested in how unavoidable a hat is, both to the wearer and the observer. The extra weight or height or anything covering your face changes the way you stand, wearing something big and/or bold instantly draws attention to you.
Iago's soliloquy in Othello, the first known use of the phrase to "wear my heart upon my sleeve". To wear your heart on your sleeve is to be wholly open with your feelings but Iago uses this trait to deceive and manipulate by feigning trustworthiness. I wanted to express these conflicting ideas with bright, in-you-face colors and some form of mask hiding true intent.
Plastic - man made, transparent (mostly), water tight, air tight (chocking)
Confetti - Showering others with love, fake, unintentional, celebration
Tracy Emin neon sign - brash, uncompromising
Final designs:
Rose Tinted Glasses Thorn in My Side
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