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 Objavljeno: 17 Mar 2017 08:31 Naslov sporočila: Fashion’s Growing ‘Porno’ Problem |
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Nicki Minaj is in the news again. This time it was for letting her boob hang out at a Paris fashion show.
‘So freakin’ what’ might be your reaction? Obviously, pop stars flaunting their wears and trying to look like the trashiest of cheap hookers is nothing new. But we should care because when the “hooker look” increasingly masquerades as “fashion,” we should start taking note.
Sure there have long been aspects of nudity in the pages of fashion magazines. And sure, we’ve all seen nipples on display on the catwalk—most often it’s under a gorgeous shear chiffon dress or blouse, but nipples and breasts are still seen.
But Minaj’s abundant mammary gland on full display and the accompanying Thierry Mugler blazer not being worn as intended, is pure, unadulterated attention seeking.
And here we all are calling attention to it. Sigh. However, Minaj is a well-established pop star. I’m far from convinced that she needed to go to these new “boob-out” heights, but if she chooses to flaunt herself in a derogatory manner for yet more attention, that’s her deal.
As a fashion model and an actor myself, I’ve been in varying states of undress for shoots, premieres, parties and films over the years. Now, I still feel I did it tastefully, but others may disagree.
Suggestive outfits and nudity generate publicity, but at what cost? What are Minaj and others trying to say with this other than, “Look at me! I want publicity any way I can get it!”
It’s time therefore to start asking ourselves the question: Has “sexy” stepped over the line into just being trashy and indecent? And in the process, are we doing ourselves and others, a disservice?
Consider the recent furore over an Yves St Laurent ad campaign where the model was featured in what many called “pornographic poses” complete with a open-legged crotch shot, while in another the model bent over a stool waiting to be… well, I’ll leave it to your imagination.
It begs the question: What exactly is being sold here? I see some funky heels with wheels on them and what amounts to a full view shot of the model’s crotch.
Is this the height of fashion? I think not. In what clearly marks a trend, YSL’s newest collection features an outfit with a “boob-out with pasty” look similar to Minaj’s. Maybe YSL and Minaj should partner up!
But women aren’t the only ones falling victim to this trend. Last year an unnamed Spanish designer decided to do a show in Madrid with fully naked men on the catwalk modeling purses, bags and rucksacks. Who would bother looking at the bags?! We’d all be busy contrasting and comparing “tackle!” It was a penis smorgasborg!
Ironically, articles about this show are everywhere and most of them don’t even mention the designer. Perhaps, then, the intended “shock-value for publicity” failed for her/him.
When does nudity cross the line into something pornographic or below the line of decency? In the case of Minaj and YSL—and whoever that Spanish designer is—in my opinion, they crossed that line. There have been many overly-sexualized controversial campaigns and pop stars dressing more than suggestively over the years. I’m sure it will sadly get worse.
To paraphrase FR Leavis on the Sitwell family, increasingly today’s fashion belongs to the history of publicity than to anything else. In the case of the ‘distinguished’ fashion house Yves St Laurent however, I’m really disappointed they lowered themselves to this. They have had decades of success, yet they felt they had to go full-on “porno” to get more attention.
Why not just design gorgeous garments that women want to buy? In fact, why not design garments that celebrate women and not show them in a degrading, pornographic or ridiculous way?
Design clothes that are beautiful, just the right amount of sexy—and not sexist—and which are empowering? The fashion house Dior—and their newest artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri—have done just that in her second ready to wear Fall line unveiled in Paris last week.
Chiuri is my new hero. All the designs embrace the duality of the modern female: Strong yet still feminine. Tough but dreamy and flowing. The warrior look yet with a little fairy princess mixed in.
Dior is paving the way forward for fashion in a beautiful, strong, and modern way celebrating what it is to be an empowered woman without losing our femininity in the process.
Pop stars (thank you Lorde) and other fashion houses should follow suit and give the next generation something to aspire to, rather than lower themselves to where women (and increasingly men) are seen purely as use-and-abuse sex objects.
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