Shahar Perry // Monarchy 4.0 

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My final collection examines two periods in the history of male dress, the Mid-18th century and today.  I compared the attire of the kings prior to the 1st industrial revolution with the “new kings” -  the global tech industry leaders.

Much like the European kings (Louis XVI & George III), Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and others influence culture, economics, politics as well as fashion. But unlike the former, the later present a norm-core fashion persona that visually blends them with their employees. 

This dissonance fascinated me and it is the main inspiration behind the collection.

In the collection I blended the esthetics of both periods into a slightly humorous new men’s wardrobe. The silhouettes and color palette are based on staples of the tech industry wardrobe such as the black turtleneck or New-Balance sneakers alongside nodes to monarchy esthetics from the 18th century. Furthermore, I combined low-tech with high-tech techniques such as hand weaving, hand embroidery, laser cutting, digital printing & etc.

 

 

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