"Taking Up Arms" Inspiration Slideshow

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A quick survey of 2012 runway shows, ready-to-wear campaigns, fashion editorials and blogs will reveal that armor-inspired fashion trends are pervading the fashion world. Spiked heals and helmets, studded shoulder pads and bodysuits, metal eye-patches, industrial accessories, chain mail body jewelry and leather military harnesses are saturating the market. Designers are capitalizing on this fierce, “bad-ass,” urban-warrior motif, as they embellish every possible accessory with spikes and sharp geometric shapes. The season’s muse seems to be a fusion of medieval warrior (reminiscent of Joan of Arc), futuristic space voyager (think Prometheus) and post-apocalyptic combatant (Katniss Everdeen, heroine of The Hunger Games). A woman, clad in this highly angular, metal-plated gear, delivers an assertive message that discourages contact and fortifies a barrier between herself and her onlooker. Is her objective one of defense by intimidation, or one of offense by preparation, as she is fully equipped to battle? I wager it is both. The overwhelming effect of this style is one of female empowerment. Why do designers feel compelled to armor women? As I analyze this fashion trend, I ask: what is the threat? What do women need protection from? Inversely, what are women fighting against? In the context of social policy in the United States, I deduce that women are fighting for themselves. They are fighting to claim what is justly theirs: the controversial right to control their own bodies... Read more & see mixed media painting: http://sabrinabrett.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-up-arms.html

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Jewelry Design by Shaun Leane

“Taking Up Arms” Inspiration Slideshow http://sabrinabrett.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-up-arms.html

Fashion Design by Rachel Freire, Collection A/W 2010/2011

‘Blue Angel’ Publication, SOMA Magazine Fall 2012, Model - Angelica, Photographer - Filippo del Vite

Fashion Design by Frankie Morello

“Musas de Fantasía,” S Moda September 2012, Photographer - Satoshi Saikusa, Models - Nadine Ponce

and Ella Kandyba

“Musas de Fantasía,” S Moda September 2012, Photographer - Satoshi Saikusa, Models - Nadine Ponce

and Ella Kandyba

Model - Andrej Pejic

“The Warrior Way,” Vogue US March 2010, Model - Daria Werbowy, Photographer - David Sims, Stylist - Grace Coddington

Fashion DesignerFashion Design by Úna Burke

Model - Andrej Pejic

Fashion Design by Jean Paul Gaultier, Collection Spring 2010

Masha Novoselova by Solve Sundsbo

Numéro Magazine April 2009, Model - Jamie Bochert, Photographer - Greg Kadel

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia 2012 Calendar, Fashion Design by Furne Amato, Amato Haute Couture

“Dame of Thrones,” W Magazine September 2012, Model - Kristen McMenamy, Photographer - Tim Walker, Stylist

- Jacob K

Fashion Design by Rachel Freire, Collection A/W 2010/2011

Fashion Design by Iris Van Herpen, Haute Couture, Spring 2012

Fashion Design by Iris Van Herpen, Haute Couture, Fall 2012

Fashion Design by Maison Martin Margiela, Collection F/W

2011

Fashion Stylist - Barbara Palladino

Jewelry Fashion Design by Thierry Mugler

Photograph by Lado Alexi

Fashion Design by Givenchy at Paris Fashion Week Spring 2011

Model - Katy Perry wearing The Blonds corset, Photographer - Mike Ruiz

Fashion Designer: Ann Demeulemeester

Vogue Netherlands November 2012, Model - Anna de Rijk, Photographer - Marc de

Groot

Fashion Design by Jean Paul Gaultier, Haute Couture S/S

2010

Cyber Glam by Maurizio Fantini

Fashion Design by Nina Ricci, RTW Collection Spring 2013

Fashion Design by Scherer Gonzalez

Rihanna wearing shoulder piece by Bryce Aime in “Hard” music video, 2009