EXCERPT: DUNDAS. PRE-FALL 2023

 

"...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.   So, the difficulty of fashion designers who flirt with the said aesthetics, have to not only pay homage to the stylizations of 40 years ago, but also attempt to make it relevant into the now.   It has to be asked.  Has Peter Dundas been able to achieve this with his latest collection?..."

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

(A.Glass 2022)