Thesis Collection - in progress
Givenchy 50s/60s x Contemporary Workwear
Fall / Spring 2024/2025
My collection explores femininity and standards imposed upon women, commenting on the ways women are often not identified as strong figures, not apt to work in dangerous and physical work-spheres. Too often excluded from these environments, they are demanded to comply to masculine aesthetics and behaviors in order to blend in.
This collection plays on the irony of this societal view - done by creating very feminine, impractical “uniforms”. Women are often taught to look more masculine in order to be respected and taken seriously - what if they didn’t? What if they had cinched waists, huge skirts, and over the top coats?
This collection provocatively combines Givenchy in the 50s and 60s and contemporary workwear from firefighters, fishermen, and divers. The stereotypically feminine ideals of 50s/60s Givenchy are contrasted with the opposing archetype of masculinity in workwear from extreme and dangerous male-dominated fields.
The silhouettes in this collection combine couture volumes and shapes with technical fabrics, cutlines, pockets and colors from workwear to create a clashing yet cohesive fashion - turning workwear into impracticality and glamor. This creates an irony of the vision imposed upon women: an exaggerated view of how society expects women to look and act in these male-dominated fields.