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| Design & sketch by Germaine. Click to enlarge. |
“Fashion industry hasn't been so embracing with future first lady Melania Trump. Some have spoken up and want to boycott her, others stay quiet about the current situation.
I don't like to be so opinionated about this, there's plenty of chatter talking and arguing everywhere about the Presidential election. However Fashion is my industry. I say, ‘I give the future first lady a chance.’ I don't like to judge, I don't know her as a person therefore not quite ready to start talking about things I have not had experiences with yet. I can agree with Diane Von Furstenberg, the president of the CFDA, when she says ‘help’ by ‘creating beauty, optimism and happiness.’ I want to create more beauty!
I created some designs with the inauguration in mind. In my creative process I thought about the current state of fashion and politics. I started off sketching things thinking ‘what would Melania wear?’ I quickly realized that as I said before, I don’t know her and I have never met her so how can I design for her. Instead I said, what would I wear if I was the future first lady to the inauguration ball?
That’s how I came up with these designs. I was inspired by Marie Henrietta of Austria. I learned of her influences in technology in the nineteenth century, in particular radio. And also that she was a parallel world traveller, that’s intriguing! That was enough for me to get inspired and create beauty!”
I don't like to be so opinionated about this, there's plenty of chatter talking and arguing everywhere about the Presidential election. However Fashion is my industry. I say, ‘I give the future first lady a chance.’ I don't like to judge, I don't know her as a person therefore not quite ready to start talking about things I have not had experiences with yet. I can agree with Diane Von Furstenberg, the president of the CFDA, when she says ‘help’ by ‘creating beauty, optimism and happiness.’ I want to create more beauty!
I created some designs with the inauguration in mind. In my creative process I thought about the current state of fashion and politics. I started off sketching things thinking ‘what would Melania wear?’ I quickly realized that as I said before, I don’t know her and I have never met her so how can I design for her. Instead I said, what would I wear if I was the future first lady to the inauguration ball?
That’s how I came up with these designs. I was inspired by Marie Henrietta of Austria. I learned of her influences in technology in the nineteenth century, in particular radio. And also that she was a parallel world traveller, that’s intriguing! That was enough for me to get inspired and create beauty!”
Germaine, St. Germaine #savioroffashion
2 comments:
Gorgeous and elegant.
St Germain,?
I would rather use pepper or salt!!
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