Nichole Jencks

“Artists such as Eduardo Paolazzi and Robert Graham have sought a deeper collaboration that starts near the beginning of design, so that their work can be modified as it progresses.”

Im going to have to admit, I didnt quite understand the reading so in this blog, Im giong to examine a few quotes and something I do know, which is fashion. I wrote a 20 page senior seminar paper in boarding school about the various aspects of our culture which influence fashion trends. For example before the car was invented, women were expected to wear tight floor length skirts, but when they attempted to step into cars, the skirt was too constraining and made it extreamly difficult to enter. Thus, the side slit trend of 1910s began. So in actuality, I guess I was really writing about postmodernism all along, I just never realized it until now.

When students of fashion, or fashion designers, study their field, they look into the past to unterstand, much in the same way the quote above says, so the work can be modified from the source and progress. Because with each passing second there is more history behind us, finding new places for inspiration is progressively more available but I think what Jencks is saying in this quote is that nothing is truer than the originator and what better place to begin inspiration than from the root itself.

I also wanted to note the opening paragraph quote that says, "previous rules of decorum and composition are not as much disregarded as extended and distorted." This once again is reiterating the idea that new designs, be it in fashion or the art Jencks describes, are merely re-incarnations of ideas influencing the artist at present. That is unless its a truly innovative idea which could be deemed an invention? (If im terribly wrong please correct that statement!!). Kate Moss, London's most stylish woman says that the people that follow the rules of fashion get by fine, but the women that break the rules but still live within the boundaries get credit for being the style icons. I think she has the same idea as Jencks here (althouguh Im sure she has no idea that she does) in that she takes inspiration from the root, she wears 20$ vintage pieces together with a new $600 Chanel blouse that is re-invented from the same era as the jewelry and looks awesome. Who knew I could enjoy postmodernism so much!!??