Food you can wear? Yes, South Korean artist Sung Yeonju is making this come true with her creations. Unlike Lady Gaga's dress made from meat, Sung Yeonju's creations are stunning. She makes dresses and corsets made from food you see everyday such as tomatoes, bubblegum, and eggplant. They come out beautiful and look like they take hours upon hours to create. Please click the link and see the photos! They are amazing.
Sung Yeonju's message is inspiring. She explains that "this series forces viewers to defy the actual meaning, the functionalities, and the aspects of what clothing signifies in our lives." I love the fact that she is not just an artist using another medium to create works of art, but actually someone with a motive. I know I have never really thought about what a huge role clothes plays on my life. I hope she can reach out with her art and help send this message. I think art like this could potentially really help people in need. I know now I am appreciative of my clothes and I hope that everyone can feel the same and hopefully donate to people who don't have their own. Can art really make a difference on society and their actions?
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I think clothes can make a difference to society in regards to religion. As we all know, certain religions call for a wardrobe that fit their views and beliefs. So if someone in one of those religions decide not to go by the "dress code", society will judge and that may have its consequences. As far as the clothes made out of food, i thinks its amazing. Its a art that many don't come across so it's appreciated that much more. I probably wouldn't buy any of those items, but i definitely admire them!
Yes. I definitely think that art creates an imprint on society and can really influence what people do. Whether its a mural telling kids to read a book or if its a poster during wartime to arouse patriotism, art definitely leaves its mark. However, although its interesting to see clothing made of food, I don't know if I agree with the idea of defying the meaning of what clothing signifies since the idea of clothing can be so broad anyway. I just see using food as another material to make clothing instead of a fabric. It does create a new marketing option though. I would just hope that these dresses don't rot while people are wearing them.
Sung Yeonju's artwork is definitely unique and intersting, but how does it help people in need? To me, they're only incredible pieces of art, but nothing more.
I'm glad that people are talking more about fashion as an art form and not a superficial way of gaining societal respect! I love fashion. I follow fashion blogs, go to shows, design a little myself, and as you probably know, date a fashion nazi. I think that mainstream commercial fashion by Michael Kors, Louis/Marc Jacobs, DKNY, and even sometimes Dior (though I WORSHIP Dior) have become so much more about marketability than artistic representation. Designers such as Alexander McQueen (RIP), Lagerfeld (to an extent), Rad Hourani, and basically everything out of Men's Vogue Japan, have all retained the art form that is fashion and I wish more people would emulate that. That being said, while I did not particularly enjoy her meat dress, Gaga's fashion may not be stylish, but it certainly is progressive, and that is the type of art that we need in the world of fashion.
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I'm glad that fashion can be viewed as a form of art instead of it being something that makes someone fit in with a particular group of people. This new form of art may change people's views on fashion and not judge others on the way they dress. But if it's a form of art to let people see how pretty it is, i don't think food can last that long. I think a pretty cool idea would be to make clothes out of recycled materials instead of food.
I was first exposed to "Wearing food as a fashion statement" when Gaga came out in that meat dress at the VMA's(I'll never forget how strange her meat shoes looked). As distinct as that dress was...I'm sure more people were grossed out by it than supportive of her clever idea to show up in that. On the other hand, I think Sung Yeonju's creations are gorgeous and elegant; I would never expect her dresses to be made out of tomatoes or bubblegum! Since she is able to craft these dresses so delicately, she is able to convey how clothing serves as a form of art to us; we just never took the time to appreciate it in that way. Despite how weird it seems that we could potentially wear what we eat, Sung Yeonju is able to make these food-dresses appeal to us because they're so beautifully crafted.
All of Sung Yeonju's designs are gorgeous, not to mention extremely creative! Her dresses are highly inspiration and they depict the full potential of our artistic abilities.
As sensational as her dresses are, however, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that they "defy the actual meaning, the functionalities, and the aspects of what clothing signifies in our lives." As Michael mentioned earlier, clothing can signify many things. One can't automatically assume the role that clothes play, much less the impact that food clothing will have.
Nevertheless, kudos to her and her designs!
These are so SO beautiful! I love that bubble gum dress - it looks so flow-y and gorgeous! I've always loved it when fashion goes somewhere unexpected, like all those challenges in Project Runway that consist of buying stuff in the supermarket and constructing clothes from things like plastic cups or corn husks. I too saw Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress, and I think if she was trying to do something that related fashion to food, she should have picked a beautiful design like one of these. Instead, her ensemble looked like she was simply draped in steak, and then stuck her feet into great slabs of meat. These designs are much more beautiful and hardly even look like they're made of food - in other words, they're much more TASTEful (!!) :)
However, I'm not sure about how much these could help people in need - I suppose putting them up for auction and then giving the money to charity would be one way. I think more than anything, these are simply gorgeous and innovative works of art.
-Alice Bebbington
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