As I was watching the fashion runway show hosted by Alexander McQueen back in the 1998, it was inspired by Joan of Arc, where she known as a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic Saint, she was was very tough yet very sexy. The setting of the runway was incredibly atmospheric, and the show ended with the amazing ring of fire. McQueen himself called these models "doomed women" at the the finale of this collection clearly represented how Joan of Arc was prosecuted by burning at the stake. The models were styled like molten ash that has solidified and at the end of it, she had centred herself on the catwalk and a ring of fire sprung up around her" They all have the fierce look and nude make up with sharp look on their eyes walking out, their dresses/outfits were mainly one piece with geographic sign with black and white or nude color. This really helps me to get a sense of what cyborg really looked like because by using clothes as a visual aid to me, I have more senses of connection which helped me to understand and come across my mind that "cyborg" can be existing in everywhere with anything. The interesting thing about this is McQueen is a male, he is using his way of understanding "cyborgfeminism" and present it in his own fashion idea which I think it is a brilliant idea to introduce to the people. The idea "cloth" is a representation of a tool that women use as a "cyborg" with different cloth for different occasions and carries differnt identities as well as personalities when women were them. This runway show is honored of Joan of Arc as to feminists women are born strong can be like man and sexy !
In conjunction to your reflection, I think it also quite interesting that in some cases, "cyborg" is embodied as a fashionable identity. We are now seeing more instances where women are professionally photographed in a way that not only captures their cyborg integrations as fashion, but also captures a personal embrace of prosthetics which allows them to exude a confidence that can be perceived as a sexy, engendered strength.
ReplyDeleteThe digital images I found on this website do a wonderful job demonstrating the integration of feminine -cyborg -fashion.
http://fashionablygeek.com/handmade/incredible-high-fashion-prosthetic-limbs-look-like-snakes-and-stereos/#!DCbZv
Wow, this is very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing!
DeleteGreat topic! Obviously fashion is important in cyberfeminism, from the surveillance armor of SmartMom to the costume design in Teknolust. Note that fashion can be both a noun and a verb as we think about how clothing disciplines the body as a technology
ReplyDeleteYes Professor Liz! The fact that "fashion" can be noun and a verb is making the meaning a lot different than what we can understand!
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