Lecture 13 – National Identity
Designers are more inspired by their roots nowadays
What is a national identity ?
Constructed selection of :
- memories: triumphs, trauma’s
- traditions : national celebrations
- mythologies
- rituals
- matching set of symbols
What is the relationship between national identity and fashion ?
Nationalism : an everyday reminding of nationality and nation, unconsciously and
unnoticed
20th : fashion was seen as something that was the same all over the world (came from
Paris then copied all over the worldwide
21th : fashion has local differences, how were the Parisian designs adapted
Designers are more inspired by their roots nowadays
What is a national identity ?
Constructed selection of :
- memories: triumphs, trauma’s
- traditions : national celebrations
- mythologies
- rituals
- matching set of symbols
What is the relationship between national identity and fashion ?
Nationalism : an everyday reminding of nationality and nation, unconsciously and
unnoticed
20th : fashion was seen as something that was the same all over the world (came from
Paris then copied all over the worldwide
21th : fashion has local differences, how were the Parisian designs adapted