I've been working on some new illustrations but I thought I'd post about a past project I did whilst in my third year at university. The project was to design a range of mens shirts for a River Island competition.
My collection was called ZIGGY LOST and was based upon androgyny and the blurring of sexuality. Below is the collection statement expressing the concept behind the designs.
"Girls can wear jeans, And cut their hair short, Wear shirts and boots, 'Cause it's ok to be a boy, But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading. 'Cause you think that being a girl is degrading, But secretly you'd love to know what it's like, Wouldn't you? What it feels like for a girl."
Madonna "What It Feels Like For A Girl" song April 2001.
The boys of today's world wear make-up and feminine clothes, have big hair and the freedom of expression.
They walk in the footsteps of their legends Ziggy, Bolan, Freddie and Jagger.
Iconic's that helped blur sexuality and androgyny.
Confidence is key.
They strutt around resembling exotic plumed feathery birds flirting with all they encounter. With their fo-femininity masking their raging testosterone they entice and intoxicate their maiden admirers, who are fascinated by their feminine allurement.
Boys are expected to act and dress and behave like boys, and girls are meant to resemble girls, but 'nothing is just black and white - there is always shades of grey'.
The monochrome colouration of 'Ziggy Lost' represents the set ways of sexuality, and within the cut and shaping of the garments the 'shades of grey,' entwining feminine and masculine will be portrayed.
Fragmented.
Trying to discover themselves in a stable environment of acceptance.
Capturing this essence of uncertainty, disorientation and disorder the labyrinth portrays the puzzlement of life.
Escapism from a confused and entanglement state.
This is ZIGGY LOST.
moodboard
illustration line up
working drawings of the Range
Inspirational photoshoot shot by Lacey Layne Clements, styled and edited by me Clare And The Bear (aka Clare Heart)
model: Blane Anthony Chapman
