Clothing allows a person to express himself, to bring his inner essence and mood to public view. Designers are trying to bring to life not only the ideas of practical, comfortable and beautiful clothes. Often their creations are filled with the avant-garde, a combination of the incongruous. At fashion exhibitions they present absolutely incredible, amazing collections, sometimes bordering on the absurd.
To what absurd lengths do designers go when creating clothes?
Designers with a rich imagination find it easier to come up with an intricate and complex outfit than to give preference to simple and comfortable models. This style is passed on from a generation of designers of the 20th century to younger fashion designers of the 21st century.
British fashion designer Gareth Pugh is the founder of the brand Gareth Pugh Since 2006, it has been producing shocking collections that shock viewers with “unearthly” outfits. Futuristic style predominates in his collections. The models are not always designed for everyday wear, so they look somewhat absurd.Clothes from Gareth Pugh are not saturated with different colors; they are made entirely in black or white. Its shape can be elongated, tight, with sharp or enlarged corners. The design has a geometric shape, making the image strict and “prickly”. Headdresses in the form of balls and “kokoshniks” that fit the head, as well as a pile of fabric on the neck and shoulders make the outfits ridiculous.
20th-century designer Paco Rabanne from Spain transferred his skills as an architect to his debut clothing collection made from metal, plastic, paper and leather. Experimental models made from these materials, framed with feathers, looked absurd and unrealistic.
The world of fashion owes the creation of the most avant-garde brand Viktor & Rolf to two designers from the Netherlands, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Sneeren. They made a women's collection with characteristic sculptural forms that violated the proportions of the normal human body. Doubling the size of the top or middle of the garment looked absurd. Their outfits have innovative designs and, in some cases, veiled humor, which leaves the collection a place only on the catwalk.
Design fails
Not all designers manage to win the recognition of fashion fans. Like any creative people, they also have breakdowns.
- One of the main reasons why sewn clothes turn out to be unsuitable for wear is the incorrect use of the fabric pattern when cutting the product. The design on the finished outfit, fitting the human body, can create the illusion of a continuation of any of its parts. Sometimes it looks very funny and can put an end to further use of the outfit, especially if the pattern is located on intimate areas.
- The combination of the color of the product and its shape with the human body can have an unexpectedly unfortunate effect.
- An unsuccessful connection of fabric clothing parts with a pattern can give a similar result - the appearance of a completely inappropriate and ambiguous pattern. Such mistakes by designers make clothes unwearable and lead to failure of their work.
- The use of inappropriate and useless details in clothing design also classifies it as a failure.
- It is not always possible to see a small print right away. From a distance it may look nice, but if you look closely, you can see completely unexpected silhouettes. So, on a stylish men's shirt there may be small silhouettes of a man and a woman of an intimate nature.
Such mistakes in creating clothes can only be made by inexperienced craftsmen, who should learn this amazing art from fashionable couturiers.
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