With the creation, concept development, organisation and communication for The Fashion Dialogue I offered the stage to a multi-disciplinary [re]framework and voice for fashion by opening up a dialogue between experts in - among others - Fashion Design & Technology, Cultural Economics, Arts, Religion, Business History, Higher Education, and the Fashion Industry.
Different visions, different values, different systems, different questions; will they clash or are we [humans] searching for the same solutions and like-minded answers?
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During this unique conversation I invited internationally-renowned guests José Teunissen, Adam Peacock, Dai Rees, Ben Wubs, Mariangela Lavanga, Maaike de Haardt & Susanne Vegter to discuss the current and future role that fashion plays in individuals' lives, our society and today's economy as well as the values behind the clothes we design, produce, wear and dispose of.
The Fashion Dialogue is part of my [re]Framework for MINDFASHION.today and was my contribution to 10th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival.
I am, therefore I wear
Scepticism and optimism intermingle in our communication and social interactions with each other and the surrounding world. Boundaries between technology and human experience are blurring, and there is no longer a one-size-fits-all approach to understand or predict why and how people act, believe or dress the way they do. Within this complex and transforming world it seems more pertinent than ever that fashion is placed in a context that forces you to question its true value. Therefore, The Fashion Dialogue will challenge, cross, connect and rewrite borders, systems, disciplines, definitions and beliefs, revealing a Fashion DNA that is made out of more than threads of fabrics. The conversation aims to address that fashion exists beyond static garments, catwalks, labels, stores and closets.
