Comments on: Christopher Kane – Yay Or Nay?

By: Printed Tee-Shirts

Printed Tee-Shirts — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:40:33 +0000

A big old fat NAY! This shirt is way to over priced… $300 and it looks like a tie-died 80 punk band shirt.

By: SwanDiamondRose

SwanDiamondRose — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:02:03 +0000

ya that’s sort of like wearing an image of auschwitz. i’d say it’s pushing it. though the dress and visual are very beautiful on a surface level. i used to wear bomb shaped earrings as a teenager and i still have lots of death laden imagery on t-shirts. so i’m not against that. put that poor city. i met someone in osaka who told me their family was from hiroshima. it wasn’t a happy moment. and then again… if i saw a generic photo of say a field strewn with soldiers bodies and it looked to be from WW1, i wouldn’t be as taken a back. it’s that they are civilians i think, as they were in auschwitz and to say that they didn’t have a fighting chance is an understatement.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:17:18 +0000

Oops, forgot the link. I have a couple of pictures, sort of.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:16:38 +0000

I normally wouldn’t really mind about something like this. Also, the clothes are pretty. But after visiting Nagasaki last year and really learning about what “Fat Boy” did to the city – watching video testimonials, reading personal accounts of that day, seeing pictures that I don’t even want to describe – … no. Just no. In my book, Kane is vetoed, overruled, fired, gets an F.

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:38 +0000

They’re interesting images, because, well, frankly, they’re very pretty. Aesthetically pleasing – the one you posted at least. It’s only when you understand their original context that they become problematic… I think I’m going to have to ponder this, and maybe reread some Derrida to say anything more profound…

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:59:35 +0000

Lulu: Thanks for the link :)

Sarah: Fair calls all round… but the clouds are so specific. You look at the classic b&w Nagasaki image (which ironically I didn’t include as my visual because I found it less aesthetically pleasing than this) and know it to represent a certain event. There are many vicious lightening bolts…

Also, from a high fashion designer – with the prices to match – I expect more than printed dresses. I feel like consumers deserve more than “pretty” when you’re making that much money – what is your idea, what are you selling us? That’s what we pay for, opinions and points of view, even in fashion. Kane just comes off as vapid in his search for a icon.

Phew! You are so right, it’s a great discussion point and these discussions are certainly going to benefit his brand.

By: Sarah-Rose

Sarah-Rose — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:36:18 +0000

Then, on the other hand, I might love it in a “why the fuck do we wear visual representations of anything in the first place” kind of way?
Flowers? Unicorns? Kittens? you can argue that it’s because they are cute or beautiful but then he has chosen very visually beautiful and abstract (in the sense of an idea rather than the death on the ground kind of way) representations of the mushroom cloud.

Would people be as ambivalent if it was nimbus clouds? Lightening? people are killed by lightening quite regularly.
Is it because of the association with death? in that case, why would anyone consider faux-fur (leaving fur itself out of the equation) fashionable? or hair-as-faux-fur? that still is associated with the slaughter of animals.
Lions and tigers are deadly animals and noone thinks twice if they are printed on a tee-shirt.

Also? a flower is essentially the sexual organ of a plant. Perhaps his next collection will be printed with animal genitalia?

I could go on. But I won’t. Perhaps I’m over thinking it. But perhaps that’s what Kane wants us to do? it has certainly got people talking.

By: Sarah-Rose

Sarah-Rose — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:28:09 +0000

The only one I really like is the dress that you have posted – because the mushroom cloud mimics an hourglass body shape. The others? I’m not a huge fan.

By: lulu

lulu — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:05:40 +0000

tavi explains it ;

http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/2009/06/resort-2010.html