technical description
Fitted wool jacket with notch eco leather lapels edged in faux fur, oblique pockets in crocodile-print leather, faux leather elbow patches, shaped thread embroidery, folded hems and kimono side lacing. Worn over a black cotton gauze top with a contrasting sage satin shirt collar and a pair of black cotton canvas trousers with shaped, ribbed sections in matching knit, zipped pockets and a brown leather belt with a metal buckle.
Size 1800x350x600mm, 2500 gr., 2011
concept
Looking back at Egon Schiele's work from the beginning of the 20th century, it would seem that his prophecy came to life. Fragile masculinity, agony and gauntness. The restless gentleman and boundless aesthete, the same man which was moulded over the centuries by military values and endless belligerence, slowly turned softer and softer. Which gender is dominant? Or is this an irrelevant question? Niran pays a tribute to the male gender creating a dialogue between Schiele's figures and his outfits. He uses deer leather and knits combined with woven wool in a journey back in time to the dandy of the beginning of the last century.