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This is …Masculinity; Coat


Collection: Gray's School of Art Design Collection
Object Type: Fashion
Artist/Maker: Morrison, Laura
Date: 2016
Media/Materials: sheepskin, nappa, mother of pearl
Awards: RGU Fashion Design Purchase Award

Description:

Sheepskin coat


This is …Masculinity

'Gendered attitude, gendered relations and gendered stereotypes concerning men, masculinity and their place in society.'
Edwards 1997

Artist's statement:
"Societies view on menswear and masculinity is notorious for being very rigid. Therefore I have created a menswear collection that pushes people’s perception of masculinity.
The inspiration for my collection has sparked from a look at Rococo design, historical architecture and the modern ‘Dandy’- marrying the modern man with the history of menswear. I have used feminine fabrics and intricate detail in a tonally neutral palette, to create a new modern view of menswear which challenges people's ideas of menswear and masculinity.
The inspiration for my collection has sparked from a look at Rococo design, historical architecture and the modern 'Dandy' marrying the modern man with the history of menswear. I have used 'femenine' fabrics and intricate detail in a tonally neutral pallete to create a new modern view of menswear which questions peoples own cemented ideas of menswear and masculinity."
Object Number: ABDRG2016.11.1