It was German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who provided the sentiment that framed the Marc Jacobs AW22 show this week. “We share our decisions in contrast to the continuing brutality and ugliness of a world beyond our insulated but not impermeable partitions,” Jacobs quoted in a note entitled ‘Selection’. “Now we have art so as to not die of the reality.”
Coming just days after the overturning of Roe v Wade within the US and the threat against other hard-won rights like gay marriage, the final mood was bleak. It was unimaginable to not read the note, and the gathering, in relation to recent events. The wonder specifically conveyed a dystopian atmosphere: sitting between the aesthetics of The Girl with the Dragon...
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