Excerpt: DUNDAS. PRE-FALL 2023

 

"Peter Dundas of his signature label Dundas, having set down the template to his 1970's and early 1980's esque hedonism, has since maintained his erogenous revolution in its distinction to a bygone era, that has since not be able to duplicate in the 21st Centaury.  So we live in a reminiscence in all of its desired reflection, to which luxury fashion, more so in the last ten years, has showcased as a redux of styles of an era that sex and excess was so tantalizing.  And yes, one has to be reminded of legendary Belgium fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg's quote, who happen to have lived through this period.  From Interview Magazine in 2014: "It was the decade between the pill and AIDS. For us, it was all about liberation."

But is it liberating now?  Living within the 21st Centaury with all its feedback loops via the digital social media networks, the liberation that was defined in the 1960's and 1970's particularly its sexual expression has since been diluted into a simulacrum of novelty..."

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Full review:  https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/12/dundas-pre-fall-2023.html

(A.Glass 2022)