Originally posted by AKA*NYC
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Maybe one can say that CCP is "postmodern" fashion in the sense that fashion has engendered its own critic with Poell. I would agree with you on the fact that at the end Poell is part of the fashion business, after all he sells clothes. But fashion is not only an industry, it's a set of socio-cultural facts that defines a historical era, and thus goes beyond the industrial aspects. From this perspective, Poell has obviously fought against some important features of what defines fashion today.
BTW I don't subscribe either to the vision of CCP as a good tailor, a craftsman, or someone making clothes just for clothes, without concepts behind. The anti-fashion aspect can be seen in the awkwardness that is essential in most of his fits. It's obvious that his obsession for technical aspects goes further than the taste for a well-done work, or artisanal "poiesis" satisfaction. These strange techniques he uses (the mad scientism) are there to create a landscape of unseen beauties, which has nothing to do with clothes as an end in itself. I would not be interested in Poell at all if it was just a technical performance, what is valuable in his work is the aesthetics he creates. Sometimes I've got the feeling that Poell is not praised for his true strength, which is not techniques in themselves, but techniques a means to a formal end.
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