Fashion | Sense Grewal Dr Gwenda-lin
While fashion and philosophy might initially seem at odds - one is focused on dressing and adorning, the other on exposing the reality beneath - Fashioning Philosophy argues that they ultimately have…
Specifikacia Fashion | Sense Grewal Dr Gwenda-lin
While fashion and philosophy might initially seem at odds - one is focused on dressing and adorning, the other on exposing the reality beneath - Fashioning Philosophy argues that they ultimately have the same quest: creatively exploring the meaning of things. Gwenda-lin Grewal argues that fashion and philosophy (at their best) are both searching for truth, beauty and authenticity and are both haunted by the fear of meaninglessness.Philosophy has traditionally had an antipathy towards fashion, often characterising it as frippery and superficial and irrelevant to the serious quests in life. Yet, what we wear and how that expresses who we can reveal a huge amount about how we see ourselves and what kind of self we want to be. Indeed, much of fashion could be interpreted as creative attempts at developing a knowledge of self, a more visual and external self than those of the