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The Crisis and Escape Addressed by Hussein Chalayan's After Words Fashion Show

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Abstract

Fashion often mirrors societal crises, embodying both human finitude and the hunger for renewal. Ernesto De Martino’s anthropological perspective highlights how crises challenge cultural continuity. Hussein Chalayan’s 2000 collection, After Words, exemplifies fashion’s power to address such themes, using garments to represent the displacement and survival of war refugees. Chalayan’s conceptual approach underscores fashion’s potential to provoke thought beyond conventional imagery. By blending creative, anthropological, and sociological insights, fashion can profoundly engage with and reflect on societal upheavals.


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Submitted: Oct. 1, 2024 | Published Dec. 11, 2024 | Language: en

Keywords Crisis imagery • Dichotomy • War • Anticlimax • Fashion

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