Queer(ing) tailoring: Walter Van Beirendonck and the glorious bastardization of the suit

IF 0.8 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Nicola Brajato
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Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is internationally known for his original and critical approach to menswear, using fashion as an arena to discuss social and political issues. This ‘Antwerp Six’ member, however, still seems to be under-represented in fashion studies scholarship. Therefore, this article aims to offer an investigation of Van Beirendonck’s sartorial practices through an analysis of his queer approach to tailoring. Consequently, the article focuses on the historical and material meanings of the suit in the making of normative and hegemonic masculinity, and how the designer has been capable of opening up a material critical discussion of these meanings through the queering of the suit’s design, surface and styling. Beyond being the first academic investigation on Walter Van Beirendonck’s tailoring, the article aims to contribute to broadening the knowledge on Belgian fashion, particularly the Antwerp fashion scene and its ways of dealing with the concepts of fashion, body and gender identity.
奇怪的剪裁:沃尔特·范·贝伦东克和西装的光荣堕落
比利时设计师Walter Van Beirendonck以其独创的、批判性的男装风格而闻名于世,他将时尚作为讨论社会和政治问题的舞台。然而,这位“安特卫普六人组”成员在时尚研究奖学金中的代表性似乎仍然不足。因此,本文旨在通过对范·贝伦敦克怪异的剪裁方法的分析,来考察他的服装实践。因此,本文着重探讨了西装在塑造规范和霸权男性气质方面的历史意义和物质意义,以及设计师如何能够通过西装的设计、表面和造型来开启对这些意义的物质批判讨论。这篇文章不仅是对Walter Van Beirendonck剪裁的首次学术调查,还旨在拓宽对比利时时尚的了解,特别是安特卫普时尚界及其处理时尚、身体和性别认同概念的方法。
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Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty
Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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