As today’s social-political climate becomes more and more surreal, fashion is embracing the idea of knock-offs in a new way.
collection, for which creative director Jonathan Anderson looked to artificiality as a source of inspiration. Surreal, sci-fi elements were tacked onto dresses, shoes, and bags. The designer put features of nature and everyday ephemera on full display—like fiberglass anthurium flowers magnified and stuck onto frocks; or blown up, pixelated t-shirts.
Chanel and Dior, for example, would sell a license to an American manufacturer to make a cheaper copy—even distributing the exact fabric and buttons beginning in the 1940s, after the second world war. “They’d advertise it in the window: Chanel couture, $400, and the copy, $40,” adds Steel. As such, buying a dress with a designer label became a status symbol in itself. The concept of logo and distinguishing fake from real didn’t exist for the average fashion consumer.
Another reason for the new generation of celebrating all things fake? We’re currently at a unique time period of lashing out against fast fashion. In 2022, publicly announcing that you shop at Shein means your moral compass is off—the brand was still named the most popular label in the world this year. For the average consumer, shopping isn’t a moral activity. Still, many people’s perceptions have shifted about fast fashion, due to questions of sustainability, human rights, and labor issues.
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