This may be 5 months after the fact, but after having spent a while immersed in The Extreme Ice Survey for I CULTIVATE, then starting research for A/W 11 at work, this image of Chanel’s A/W show from March seemed particularly relevant to a much larger conversation: using fashion as an eco-political platform.
Does anyone really think that just because Karl (God bless him) used faux-fur in his show and plopped a 265 ton iceberg imported from Sweden onto the runway that anything beyond creating a jaw-dropping aesthetic occurred here?
What I’m really trying to say is… if you’re as much as an effing genius as Karl, and have enough connections to get an effing iceberg from Sweden into the Grand Palais,
you’re capable of much more of an eco-statement than faux-fur.
Simple Inequality:
Importing models + Importing fabrics + Importing 265 ton iceberg + Importing 35 ice sculptors > Faux-fur
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