Jawara Alleyne, “Ensemble”, 2024, caught my eye from the moment I enter this fascinating exhibit. Although I wasn’t expecting a wide varation of different fashion statements and outfits. This one outfit stood out to me. The outfit to me seem very punk style because of its very punk nature with its distressing, safety pins, and patches of cloths. However in the object label it says that he found inspiration in which islanders in the carribeans customize their clothing, repurposing cloths, fabrics, and safety pins. Also the outfit gives off naval unifroms in a very distorted view of a normal naval uniform. The way the clothes are repurposed reminded me of how the Japanese use the traditional patching technique of “Boro” of patching fabrics together and also of how the punk era of “Vivienne Westwood” and the “S** Pistols” had many patches and distressing, for it to seem edgy and eye catching to the normal outfits/style of the time which in this case was a different way of seeing a naval outfit.
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