In Which Animal is Present in Your Garment? we explore human - nonhuman animal relations in fashion by looking at the clothes we wear.
Daily we ‘encounter’ a broad range of nonhuman animals through the materiality of our clothes (leather, wool, fur, silk, feathers) and through representations in fashion media. While the fashion industry harbours extensive human – nonhuman animal relations, the actual lives or animals are hidden. Absent in the fashion discourse, this activity aims to invite a more critical and considerate attitude towards our relations with nonhuman animals.
Which Animal is Present in Your Garment? usually takes the shape of a cloakroom intervention but for New Order of Fashion it’s translated into a short activity in which you are invited to analyse your own garment and answer a few questions about it.
Time Slots
12:00-13:30
14:00-15:30
16:00-17:30
Free event
Femke de Vries
The workshop is guided by Femke de Vries. Femke works as a researcher, writer, artist and teacher. Her work is centered around the cultural, social and political role of dress and fashion. She’s interested in the power structures of the commercial fashion industry and the exploration of alternatives. Her most recent works revolve around the relation between human and nonhuman animals in fashion; the existing relations that are present but overlooked, and the proposition of new ones.