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The military in high fashion
The military in high fashion has transformed into a separate direction. The high-military style can be observed on fashion shows and pret-a-porter collections in almost every season. Characteristic bright tunics, greatcoats, women's coats with accentuated shoulders, several rows of buttons and mandatory specific military trim - all this has not come off the peak of popularity for many years. While fashionable colors change for the season, black, blue and khaki shades are always relevant for the military in high fashion.
The importance of the garment in the both artistic and political context
As the author himself says, the idea of the project was "to unite the two things that personified the Soviet system - miners and ballet." It turned out strange, absurd, but alive. In addition, after such eloquent photos the society, oddly enough, really at least thought about the working conditions of miners, and generally remembered that such a profession exists, and it is complex.
The military style today
The military style today is one of the most recognizable trends in the fashion world. The popularity of military won long - since the First World War, individual elements of military equipment gradually began to appear in civilian life. Most of the large factories for sewing ordinary clothes were then destroyed, and the survivors - reoriented to the manufacture of exclusively military clothing, which was then particularly in demand. So mass production of the military form gave way to the development of the military style among the population.
Taras Shevchenko, the National Poet of Ukraine… and ‘Russian’ Donetsk
In the pantheon of “fathers of nations” of any European country, there are eminent poets who expressed the spirit of their nation and shaped its national language and imaginary. Shakespeare in England, Robert Burns in Scotland, Villon and Rabelais in France, Adam Mickiewicz in Poland, Goethe and Schiller in Germany, Pushkin in Russia. In Ukraine, such a national figure is Taras Shevchenko.
Inspiration
The great amount of the inspiration was drawn fom this book.
Kennard deconstructs, rebuilds and layers images to discern hidden or implied truths about the scenes and the subjects he portrays. His brilliance lies not only in his uncanny ability to capture, and in some cases define the zeitgeist, but in the way he is able to then channel the “essential” into accessible visual forms. Unofficial War Artist is a timely reminder to present-day activists about the power of art as political expression and a unifying voice for dissent. Using the power of the transposed image, they placed familiar icons from the mass media in challenging political contexts to combat the powerful establishments that used photography. The same I tried to do about the way soldiers life, their thinks about sivil life during war, the appearance during the war and the changes of the mind.