"Anthony Vaccarello's 1960s and 1970s homage to its counter culture ethos is maintained with his latest Saint Laurent collection, probably becoming more solidified in light of a crisis that humanity has not faced in over 100 years, that being this global pandemic. As noted in my past reviews, the caricature snapshot of a post 1950s conservative backlash and its counter culture feels more hyperreal within the 21st Century. As we all try to make sense of the pandemic and its political misfiring, which included, earlier on in the pandemic a social denial of the severity of the virus. It is safe to say there is very little similarities to a counter culture of the past and our society today, so there is not much to compare to the bygone era of the 60's and 70's apart from a trending hashtag on Twitter. We have all become, despite the variants of aesthetics, uncomfortable spectators of past and current events through these digital relays. Sociologically one has to be cynical, maybe even detached, of what is perceived within the flickering news feeds – of what could be an information overload, even through Vaccarello's feels that an echo is resonating from past to present. It very well might be, but it can end up becoming scripted than anything else, which is a shame. Still, fashion holds hopeful cues of change and Vaccarello's flirtation with such an interesting and tumultuous era makes for an attractive distraction indeed, more so is his expertise in crafting the styles on offer in all of its reflection..."___
Full review: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2021/01/saint-laurant-spring-2021-rtw.html
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