19 Mrz Wallet #4
Shamans of Space
Where do you go to my lovely? – quite a justified question to ask since for quite some time now fashion has set out to venture in unknown spatiotemporal realms to be produced, mediated, experienced and consumed. After the haute couture has left its origins, outpaced the classical era of studios, ateliers and runways it vastly conquers new, hybrid territories, captures simultaneous platforms under ever-changing conditions. Help in due time brings the Norwegian fashion magazine Wallet, having in mind to look out for contemporary critical approaches towards fashion’s expansive practices and meanings alike. While Wallet not only appears as a promising map – guiding you through questions as: leaving the physical behind – how far can you go? And, how virtual has fashion to be(come)? – it certainly functions as suitable Ariadne’s thread to keep the orientation within the fashion industry labyrinth. In its fourth and latest issue, Shamans of Space, Wallet follows the traces where contemporary fashion was, is and will be performed. While in part 1 “Fashion Spaces in Practice & Theory” the British fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, Australian fashion researcher Matthew Linde and Italian architect Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli are giving insights about their daily work, how they experience the on-going shift through fashion’s economy as well as sharing their expectations and hopes for a fashionable future part 2, “Where does Fashion happen” stays visual showing various spaces where and how fashion emerge in sometimes unexpected places – at times beyond the obvious. And, as we all know the journey is the reward, Wallet is the perfect guide to get hold of where your lovely goes – as it is readable every and anywhere – for instance from the comfort of your couch.