Between False and Authenticity in Deconstruction Fashion

ISA Topic 2020 "Il Falso" by Francesca Granata, Parsons School of Design of New York, USA

  • Date: 11 FEBRUARY 2021  from 17:30 to 19:00

  • Event location: Online event

  • Type: ISA Topic

By introducing pre-aged garments, replicas and trompe-l-oeil techniques, Francesca Granata from the Parsons School of Design of New York will explain how deconstruction fashion instills a temporal and material confusion, questioning concepts of origin and authenticity.

These techniques articulated by Belgian designers, and Japanese ones prior to them, remain relevant in contemporary fashion as with the work of Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga and previously Vetaments in their exploration of authenticity and branding.

The lecture will be introduced by Simona Segre Reinach and held within the course of Fashion Curation, Master in Fashion Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna - Rimini Campus.