Final Essay

From Schiaparelli’s “Shoe hat” to Katsuya Kamo’s “100 head pieces”, we see that the original motif from Schiaparelli’s piece is still remaining. Kamo’s works might be a little more exaggerate and more complicated than Schiaparelli’s piece. However, in Kamo’s works, he used different materials to reach what he was dreaming of, “Kamo has distinguished himself as more than a hair and makeup designer, foraying into master craftsmanship and avant-garde artistry. a sort of visionary millinery characterizes Kamo’s aesthetic, employing modest mediums like paper, feathers, tape, and rope in the conception of his highly imaginative forms. the parameters of theme and tone are acutely explored; some work feels almost sinister, wrapping twisting black tape

The design can be quite but yet it shows the mysterious side of Surrealist works. A Korean fashion designer— Juun J, had collaborated with some modern Surreal artists. In Juun J 2013, he had printed artist Oleg Dou’s works on clothes, and it suddenly became one must-have clothes on the market. “Dou's depiction of surreal yet perfect faces acts as a metaphor for this season's collection where the contrast of organic natural vs artificial is the main theme. The haunting depth of Dou's work lends an element of surprise always present in JUUN.J's collection” (JuunJ). Before the collaboration with Oleg Dou, Juun J collaborated with famous fashion photographer— AlexandFelix. The main theme of AlexandFelix photography is called “ the 13 Queens”. “There are unfamiliar worlds waiting to be discovered, filled with very well known objects of our everyday life yet staged in an unexpected way beyond recognition, draped with exuberant costumes of various shapes and colours. The insignia of power, the signs of their dreamland, hang from their bodies, stick to their skin and surround the sphere of their heads. These queens have truly incorporated their sensual empire” (AlexandFelix). Different from AlexandFelix, The “Dream Sequences” by Sylwana Zybura, using the surrealist elements— unconscious and dream-like image, each works are presenting in different expression through variety materials and structures. Sylwana Zybura used the negative and positive spaces well, it referred the idea of using and playing in 3 dimensional space of Surrealist works. Thus, the color choice gives each pieces a different themes and