SAMPLE DESIGN

THIS CONCEPT AIMS TO UTILIZE FEMININE-WEAR FABRICS TO CREATE A MASCULINE PIECE.

MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, SATIN SILK WITH BACK ZIPPER COLLAR. BUTTONED SLEEVE.

BACK ZIPPER: UNCOMMON IN MENSWEAR. AFTER WEARING THIS A FEW TIMES, I REALIZED THAT MEN DO APPRECIATE CONVENIENCE OVER BEAUTY.

CONCEPT

IN MODERN TIME, THERE IS AN IMPLICATION THAT APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY IS A REFERENCE TO FEMININITY. AND MAYBE IT IS?

AS A MAN (THIS IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT), IT DOESNT FEEL “RIGHT” TO WEAR A LOT OF FUR (UNLESS YOU WORK IN SIBERIA OR SOMETHING), OR SILKY FABRICS EITHER.

ONE COULD SAY WITH THE BIRTH OF A POWERFUL WORKING CLASS, PREDOMINANTLY MEN AT THE TIME, AESTHETICS WAS A REMINISCENCE OF ROYAL (AKA DICTATORIAL) TIMES. IN MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE, WHERE MY PSYCHE WAS FORMED, THIS DEFINITION WAS EVEN MORE BOLD.

SNAP BUTTON: THE INITIAL DESIGN WAS PINS (VERSACE PINS). AFTER FEW PATTERN-CUTTING ISSUES AND SAMPLE ERRORS, THIS WAS COMPROMISED.

NEVERTHELESS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL TO COMBINE FABRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FEMININE WEAR AND SEE HOW MASCULINE IT CAN GET. GRANTED, AS MY FIRST WORK, THERE IS A LOT OF AMATEUR ERRORS BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT PERFECTION.