If I'm not mistaken her face is simply being distorted by clear masking tape.
Poell only considers the body as volume, a three dimensional form. He doesn't consider the identity of the wearer and in fact wants to strip away the identity of the model and focus the attention on the garments rather than the person wearing them. This was done in a previous collection by completely covering the face.
IMO in this case it's similar. The 'scars' echoing the stitching, is a reflection of this attitude - the garment is more important than the wearer, so much so that he's prepared to 'disfigure' her image to maintain aesthetic continuity.
This is not to say that Poell does not want wearers to inject their own personality when wearing his garments, but he wants this personality to come from the wearer themselves, not from the model wearing his garments in a lookbook.
Thanks for the pics, Kev. Would love to see what else you've got!
Poell only considers the body as volume, a three dimensional form. He doesn't consider the identity of the wearer and in fact wants to strip away the identity of the model and focus the attention on the garments rather than the person wearing them. This was done in a previous collection by completely covering the face.
IMO in this case it's similar. The 'scars' echoing the stitching, is a reflection of this attitude - the garment is more important than the wearer, so much so that he's prepared to 'disfigure' her image to maintain aesthetic continuity.
This is not to say that Poell does not want wearers to inject their own personality when wearing his garments, but he wants this personality to come from the wearer themselves, not from the model wearing his garments in a lookbook.
Thanks for the pics, Kev. Would love to see what else you've got!
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