“Fashion statements often have an element of defiance. In this particular case the defiance is the darkness and dystopian aspect,” says the trend forecaster Geraldine Wharry. “The idea that optimism is not cool and doesn’t reflect our current times, similar to what punks stood for during the 70s.”Photograph: Khaite/PixelFormula/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock
Dystopia-core can also be seen on TikTok, where the DIY trend of draping thinly textured clothes over one another to create an angular, futuristic look has been gaining popularity. Nicknamed ““People have stopped the rather passive onesie/pyjama stay-at-home, “The experience of living through a pandemic is somewhat like that of living through a war: both are traumatising collective experiences, both have people battling on the ‘frontlines’, both result in a distressingly large number of deaths,” she says. “Given these similarities it makes sense that fashion originally popularised by military use would see a resurgence.”
As well as Balenciaga, fashion labels such as Khaite and A-Cold-Wall* are articulating these emotional states.
i'm sorry, since fucking when did rich pricks tell punks how to dress and not expect to get spat on in response?
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