Into the realms of the real

technical description

Blown-up and subverted traditional children’s clothes, with naïve pastoral embroideries, crochet and knitted lace. Crinoline embroidered dress with tights and polo shirt, wool and viscose, wool and lycra tights. 100% Merino wool shirt and beanie. Fake leather hat. 100% Pure Regenerated Viscose skirt.

concept

When we infantilise someone we treat them as if they were a child, in a condescending and patronising manner that demeans and devalues them. But what about the infantilisation of reality which seems to plague the 21st century generation, as an escapist response to traumas such as wars and the climate crisis? Designer Shanon Poupard dived into this concept with her collection, developing an aesthetic that looks at traditional children's clothes as the starting point for blown-up subverted silhouettes that use naive pastoral embroideries as tools to project an alternative, dark reality. Crochet turns into an incendiary tool and delicate knitted lace dresses become portents of doom, in a constant, balanced dance between addressing and ignoring reality.

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