Set Project: Artist Research

Futuristic Fantasy 

Why I choose the theme? 
I believe that it would be great to use imagination and create future lingerie. 
Artist and Designers, shape our future, and I would like to be one of them.

Futurism started as a cutting-edge idea among early 20th-century painters and sculptors in Italy and developed into a cultural phenomenon that spread through other forms of art, including fashion design. The futurists called for a break from the past and for something modern, urban and technological to be celebrated. Futurism meant, for fashion, textiles, designs, colours and cuts which represented boldness, movement and pace. Futurism faded with World War II, but the movement's emphasis on revolution, danger, and modernity continues to inspire fashion today.

In 1914, painter Giacomo Balla, one of the movement's founders, established fashion guidelines. Balla ridiculed the neutral colours, symmetrical patterns, and uniformity that dominated day-styles. He insisted on clothing being rough, with "muscular" or dark colour shades and simple geometric designs. Instead of harmony, Balla preferred asymmetry, including jacket sleeves cut in various lengths and shapes. He stressed styles that could be incorporated or stripped to create a new look spontaneously.

Futurism redefined fashion meaning. The movement glorified action and violence, and Balla asked for simple and comfortable garments designed to breathe the skin and move the body with ease. Futurist designer Ernesto Michahelles, known as Thayaht, debuted a roomy, functional, unisex jumpsuit called TUTA in 1920, short for the Italian term tutta, meaning everything. The tuta captured the public's attention and was Futurist's one template for commercial success. Nevertheless, Futurism's new emphasis on apparel designed to suit an active lifestyle was a true breakthrough and the beginning of what would ultimately become mainstream sportswear.

When future concept grew, so did Futurism's position in fashion. During a fashion era that Vogue editor Diane Vreeland described as "Youthquake" in the early 1960s, mini-skirts, vinyl dresses and neon colours represented the same rebellion against the Futurists' past. A youth-dominated culture developed styles stressing originality and equality. Pierre Cardin and Andre Courreges have presented space-age collections reflecting the curiosity and passion of the period for space exploration. The new-look was based on elegant, streamlined, geometric-shaped clothing. Designers incorporated synthetic fabrics, plastics and metals into clothing based on colours like metallics, day-glo and white for a futuristic effect.

Technology forms today's view of the future, and innovation has welcomed the new wave of futuristic fashion designers. Some designers use high-tech, high-performance fabric blends with different textures and metallic surfaces to make more flexible shapes. Computer part and circuitry patterns emerged as a phenomenon. Many designers integrate machinery into designs, producing mechanized clothing that can change shape instantly. Futuristic fashion also focuses on sustainable fashion designs that save resources and energy. Sustainable fashion uses fabrics and materials such as low-maintenance synthetics, recycled cotton, skins and furs from controlled animal populations, all created through environmentally sustainable practices.

Thierry Mugler

His designs were futuristic, insect-like, sharp. His solid-coloured clothing, wasp-like waists, and flame-like cutouts influenced fashion conversations and runaways worldwide. 
He began working for various fashion designers and launched his first collection, Cafe de Paris, in 1973.
Second-wave feminism expanded social discussions. women invented themselves in new, unparalleled positions, becoming a weapon of empowerment.
Mugler wanted to wear strong, independent, affirmative clothes.
In a New York Times interview, feminist scholar and art critic Linda Nochlin spoke of women portrayed by Thierry Mugler as "women who exploit their sexuality in a way that is not excessive but beautiful.
I find it totally fascinating as it completely contradicts our femininity ideas. It's so serious they're not sexual objects, but sexual topics.
He made his models look divine, like angels flying down from the sky, in bodysuits made of velvet and leather. He made them look larger, taller and heavier than average people. 
His designs were futuristic and insect-like. His solid-coloured pants, wasp-like waists, and flame-like cutouts influenced fashion conversations and runaways worldwide.
He designed the costumes of Beyoncé, as well as the neo-Burlesque extravaganzas of Mugler Follies and Cirque du Soleil Zumanity. He has produced and directed The Wyld in Germany, an intergalactic exhibition in the Vegas-style.

Source: Thierry Mugler, Futuristic and Controversial Fashion Designer

“The work of Thierry Mugler is as distinctive as it is avant-garde,” curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot observed when the new exhibition was announced.
“This creator knows how to distinguish himself through constant innovation and audacious silhouettes that have marked an era, and found a place in the history of fashion. His singular style (is) a kind of futurist version of ‘New Look’ with a touch of fantasy and fetishism.” ( Miss Rosen - 18/10/2019)

Sabina Gorelik
Sabina Gorelik is an international artistic art and fashion designer – a highly trained specialist employed in a wide variety of styles. She is a fashion model, a fashion weeks participant and a makeup artist in a number of theatre, circus and entertainment programmes. She operates on a by-command basis and does independent projects of herself.

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