I love that your videos seem to be exactly the length that they need to be. If a video is long it's because you really needed that time to say everything you wanted to say and not because you're adding filler to stretch things out. It's such great quality information packed into every moment. And the passion for it all shows up in a really beautiful way. I hope you and Daniella can keep doing this forever. Happy holidays to the both of you!
Wow damn! That means the earth to me, thank you! We have an internal rule about making good use of every minute of screen time. No filler and never say “this is too long”. It means a lot that you pointed that out, thank you again :)
I cannot say enough how thankful I am to have discovered your channel half a year ago. I’m always fascinated by the tremendous work you and Daniela bring to your videos: it’s fashion, art, choreography, philosophy - all meticulously connected together with a humble personal touch. Yours and Daniela’s work inspire me to learn and discover more, bringing me back to loving this life ❤
This channel is out here doing so much work for us. The amount of info and interviews that i would never come across if not for these videos is immense and i can not even begin to express how greatful i am for this channel.
Bliss, Daniella, please never stop these amazing research based projects. They are always so enlightening and really make the fashion world a thousand times more easy to dive into. Thank you for all your hard work you two. Im proud to be a patron of yours!
as someone who’s struggled with an ED/ body dysmorphia for so long, i love that these clothes r enlarging these models in all the “wrong” places. there’s sm criticism today about dressing correctly for ur body type, which mostly boils down to obscuring parts of ur body that don’t fit the beauty standard of small and thin. in a way, embracing these lumpy grotesque clothes as a part of myself would feel cathartic. great video as always💖
My own mother who has heard your voice for months now and has ended up listening to your videos said some very nice things about you! She said “he is so interesting and intelligent, and he has a nice voice to listen to”
I was gonna comment how "Renaissance" is written correctly, of course some people already did but I can't shut my mouth and I have something to add : it's a french word which is not especially complicated for french people to write AND aside from it's historical meaning, it means "rebirth" ! Which I think is very interesting in perspective to everything that was brilliantly shown in this video ! Nice job, really enjoyed watching, will get some of those books you mentioned.
So proud to be in the top 5 percent of attention spans!!! Seriously though, I would never consider NOT watching your work all the way through. It’s fantastic in the context of fashion and fashion history, but I always seem to come out of one of your videos with a new life lesson and perspective on art and humanity. You are truly special as a human and a creator. I always rekindle a childlike wonder while watching your work, as even though I’m not hugely into fashion (yet), I can always see the world in a new light when you talk about it. Specifically here, the fact that art this brilliant comes from randomized processes and rei never intended to create what she created makes me think about how I as a human could live a life intending to take on a certain character and be a certain person who affects those around me in a way, but that intention will never align with who I am. Instead, the accidents and experiences that the “pattern makers” of my life give to me through their words or through our shared trials will form an ever-evolving person that affects the world, including the pattern makers that helped to create me, in ways they can only understand for themselves. And in the public eye, the perception of my character becomes even more abstracted as its audience becomes more removed from the process; not understanding how art was made gives someone a different perspective on it than the artist as well, and if I am the art, then it’s always going to be important to understand that people I meet won’t know how I became who I am and will thus perceive me differently. Everyone has their own interpretation of me, and I need to analyze that character just as much as everyone else and set aside what I think I know about my story and my inspirations to really understand myself.
What you said about the works cited at the end was such a good challenge and I needed to hear it. I've passed over some resources with excuses and this is the kick in the pants to do the reading, take the time to chew on and process alone.
Bliss, you and Daniela have done a fantastic video honoring Rei and her work. I learned so much and could connect the dots when you brought her work with Merce C. All of a sudden, I got it! Thank you both for this very enlightening work.
great job! It’s as if you extended Kawakubo’s thought and went beyond the boundaries of the topic, creating something new, silent and beautiful. Thanks a lot
Oooh. A deep dive. Just pausing to say thank you. I love explanations of conceptual art. Merry early festivals to you and your talented Ms. All the very best in the new year. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
OK, construction using down feather pads is Brilliant. Both for cleaning purposes and for comfort. It's like a reverse corset... or hip padding, but wherever you want the curve to be...
I just completed my master's and as i go into the workforce I watch your videos and pretend im starting school again but in fashion; you are a wonderful & captivating teacher.
Bliss, your analyses are unrivalled. You have found a method to explain complex and highly conceptual points in a manner that even persons uninitiated to fashion are able to follow and understand. You are not a fashion critic per se; it is more accurate to say you are a scholar of fashion who teaches us what to look for and how to interpret what we see. Fashion merely for fashion's sake is not especially important, but the analysis of fashion you provide IS important toward a deeper understanding of culture. Perhaps you are a fashion anthropologist?
i put this video in the “work cited” at my 3000 words fashion review essay for my college assignment lately. And I chose prof Francesca Granata’s fashion theory elective when i was at parsons by serendipity and write a lengthy email for join that class permission because I have never stumbled across a course that align my interest in a perfect way. I am not even in a fashion major then. But now I am trying to learn how to write a fashion criticism from scratch. It was amazed to see the power of telecommunication and how the dots connected together behind people who have the same passion and belief! You are my teacher Bliss! Thank you!😢❤
I’ve been waiting for a vid like this for a long ass time, pls make more like this for significant collections in history like Alexander McQueen. Idc how long it takes i just hope for more mega deep dives like this in the future.
Deep… thank you for exposing us to more perspectives. I love that you, designers and many others want and make us take pause to consider different interpretations of our experiences and observations. I love the idea of challenging ourselves to drive our own significant evolution. We all evolve but the thought of driving that progress intensely is inspirational considering the outcome of Rei Kawakubo and her as well as CDG’s broad regard. Your passion for bringing these to us is incredible.
This was fascinating, Bliss. Not only do I appreciate CDG much more now, you've kinda sparked an awakening of creativity in me with your binary segment. You truly have a gift for educating and your passion for fashion (haha) is evident. I have never commented before but I wanted you and your team to know I'm truly gaining so much from this channel and deepening my understanding of the fashion world, which sometimes feels like a never ending universe. So thank you Bliss & team 🩵
Oh Bliss, I can only assess that this video is so amazing. Entertaining, funny, interesting, smart and very well written. Thanks.
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Thank you for this one. I ve watched it more than once and get something new each time. It is a relief to hear a non interpretative interpretation of her work. Yes I’m on your Patreon.
This really means a lot to me. I actually sat on this episode for a really long time for fear that I was gonna mess it up. Daniella finally convinced me to go for it and the process felt really freeing. It means a lot that you came back for a rewatch. Thank you 🙏
as someone who took a modern dance technique class this semester it was so cool that you brought up merce cunningham.. love when my fields of interest interact with and influence each other!
Dear Bliss and Daniella I think you put in so much heart in making this particular content, that I felt extremely joyful watching it. After watching your video, I happened to be driving in heavy traffic. And in the midst of all that frustration and honking horns surrounding me, I only felt happy. Maybe it was the sheer joy of realising that, holy shit, how can someone think like Rei? Rei, and people like Merce, literally change the way we appreciate the beauty of the random and the weird. Until I saw this video, I never knew that Rei's work had so much depth to it. Thank you for enlightening us about it. I needed to know that, to appreciate CDG beyond the surface level. I also love that you are crediting your sources, for our enjoyment and education. You have no idea how rare that is. It's also really smart. Most people, in any line of work, love to gate keep. You are both good people. Thumbs up. Subscribed. And as soon as I have the money, I'm joining your patreon. I'd love for you to analyse more CDG collections, though Rei might not😂 With all my heart, I hope you can keep making truly wonderfully educational, and insightful videos like this. Also Tuesdays are a treat. Content from Bliss Foster, Fashion Roadman and Hautelemode on the same day. Tuesdays are glorious.
I recently started delving into the fashion world, specifically trying to comprehend the more esoteric and nuanced forms of artistic/academic expression, and this video essay literally was my 'Eureka' / 'Aha!' / zen epiphany moment when, for the first time, I feel like I've been shown a glimpse into the infinite, which is enough of a revelatory moment that I feel like I can now better appreciate the potential of fashion as a medium to express and explore ideas. Truly mind blowing stuff that even a layman like myself can understand and appreciate. A thousand thanks!!
I think Julien spelled Renaissance correctly, he just draws his a’s strangely. He draws them like a’s with a tail hat on top, instead of like a circle with a stand
WOW. What a video. The amount of time that it takes to research and write something like this, let alone film and edit it... We don't deserve your (you and Daniella's) passion, but I am thrilled that we get to experience it This also just scratched the liberal arts corner of my brain in such a happy way ♡ Also, damn I miss dancing.
I doubt you’ll see this. However I think it’s important in case you do and for the algorithm. This video seriously helped me get over something I’ve been battling for a long time. I’ve struggled with binaries and fighting the concept of them on a philosophical level since I was a kid and it impaired my creative ability to the point where I had no actual creative ideas. This video helped open my mind past the understanding of what binaries are. As an aspiring fashion designer, and TH-camr, I seriously respect and appreciate this masterpiece and everything else you produce on this channel. It’s obvious it’s your full time job, and I’m glad to hear the enthusiasm in your voice as you talk about your video topic, it’s authentic and comforting. I hope to be like you in the future, as a TH-camr and etc.
you have no idea how much i needed this video. i was trying to find an analysis of her works from this collection for my essay. You helped alot. thank you so much.
this video is amazing and makes me very happy. Your enthusiasm about fashion and how you talk about it. Just makes me even more excited to learn about fashion.
That mention of Merce Cunningham reminded me of the music of John Cage (his husband). It, much like in Kawakubo's work, works to deconstruct binary thinking, such as music-noise and sound-silence, transcending these binaries by unifying them into one (such as in '4'33"', 'Indeterminacy' or most of his pieces since the 50s really). It also stands out how Cage also tries to remove himself from the process by using indeterminacy, that is, leaving part of the process open to chance, in that way also breaking that binary of composer-interpreter, as the interpreter is sometimes left to improvise or to change the piece. Thus, Cage determines some parameters for the piece and then leaves it to develop by chance, closely resembling Kawakubo's process. Sometimes, as is espected, the pieces fall flat, but other times the music ends up being very beautiful ('Fifty-Eight' is pretty great).
Your comment mirrors many of my thoughts. I'm mire familiar with Cage, Cunningham and the world of art and philosophy than the fashion world, so this video was very interesting to me, seeing the work, and hearing her method of process, and the ideas and artists she's worked with. This is fashion as art, and I see it as very different from what is usually referred to as "fashion" or runway shows dictating trends of what the geberal population wears a couple of years later. This artistry discussed here interests me (not so much the other, and never a Versace runway show). Cage used the I Ching in some of his work. Or let the imperfections of the paper he wrote his scores on determine the notation. He was deep into buddhist and zen philosophy and early experimentation with tapes, which actually also removed him from the performance. A true visionary thinker. And Merce being his partner and often collaborator, their methods and ideas are often similar or the same, in different fields. They too were ridiculed at first, were very controversial. So much has hapoened between the early days of these creatives (the late nineteenfifties) and now, it may be hard for millenials and younger to really grasp. Breaking down preconceptions over time is a difficult task but a truly artistic journey to not just embark on, but find ways to stay invested in, to the point of removing their own perceptive bias from essential parts of the process, and is both ectremely diciplined and very brave. Wgat an interesting video!
You need to write a book, amazing job truly amazing. Forever obsessed with your videos and your work sssuuuuper grateful for giving this to us for free. Thank youuu👏🏻❤️
This is one of my favorite collections ever and probably the reason why I started my upcycling journey and you guys just nailed it at spreading wisdom about it
I was on Scholarship at Merce’s Studio. Sometimes the movements were impossible, literally. 760 degree rotation of the head/torso. Sometimes there will be multiple sections, like 4. He would randomly pick one at a time so it may be section 1, 1, 4, 3..for that day’s performance. The following performance may randomly be 2, 3, 1, 4. And the music would also have a different order too, generally. In 1998, he wasn’t super mobile. Around that time he had special boots made to take the pressure off is feet so he could move around. (His movement, takes a toll on the body..when you try to do the impossible)
If you slow the playback speed to 0.5, I get to finally see what the flash of lettering says 4:57 & it makes you sound kind of like how Mike Birbiglia sounds with his normal speach. 🤣 Thank you so much for making this beautiful content to break down the complexity of Rei Kawakubo's work.
Omg love the video was so excited to learn more about the 1997 show of comme des garçons, I quote her work last year on my fashion memorandum for my diploma thanks 😊 for the video and for the incredible effort that you put in your works. ❤
I recently purchased a 2023-24 Cdg cropped wool jacket. The most I’ve paid for a single item. It’s perfection and so incredibly simple. Probably influenced by you to do this. When I wear it no one has a clue what it is.😊
This was absolutely incredible! I've learned so much from this 1 hour video I can't thank you enough. Recently I've been getting into creative processes so this was also really relevant for me.
Ok so Im not going to pose this as an interpretation, but qhat comes up for me is the very modern idea that the popular fashion silhouette shoyld be driven by our bodies. Bodies as fashion is so bizarre to me... Clothes used to be buildt in a way that their shape was carried away from the body and supported by undergarments. We didn't squish ourselves down, corsets and stays fit comfortably and then we built our clothes out with padding and cut. Seeing the padding bulge out and deform the clothing and perception of the body makes me feel a certain way about how clothes are expected to do so little work, and relies on our bodies being a certain shape and proportion, some of which is completely out of our control, to look good.
I'm still a fledgling fashion student, meaning I am just a regular person who finds fashion an essential practice of human artistic expression n incidentally has an eye for style, fabrics n labels. But I'm struggling with this collection. I honestly kept being reminded of this exceptionally acted teleplay I saw in the 80s "The Elephant Man", about Joseph Merrick's life. This collection immediately brought back the fascination n quiet, unsettling eloquence of the whole production, so in a sense, the collection has done its job. It is conceptually brave, but my untrained eye still sees, with most of the looks, "lumps n bumps". I appreciate the deep dive dissertation on it, though. Ur videos truly are masterworks that make fashion accessible to all who love it.
Rei's work may resist interpretation, but at the same time interpreting it is part of finding the beauty in it as an audience (as long as we keep her process in mind).
by 5%er here: all the way through this i was thinking ‘this must have taken ages’, not the video itself, everything else. lovely work. i have some research to do on random choreographing processes
This video will likely make about $150 on TH-cam. If you value this type of coverage, reflect that value on the Patreon. Link is in the description 💫💫
Finally. 1h of bliss this like early Christmas
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I love that your videos seem to be exactly the length that they need to be. If a video is long it's because you really needed that time to say everything you wanted to say and not because you're adding filler to stretch things out.
It's such great quality information packed into every moment. And the passion for it all shows up in a really beautiful way. I hope you and Daniella can keep doing this forever. Happy holidays to the both of you!
Wow damn! That means the earth to me, thank you! We have an internal rule about making good use of every minute of screen time. No filler and never say “this is too long”.
It means a lot that you pointed that out, thank you again :)
I always have to go back and rewatch many parts of it. That’s how intensely good you are.
I cannot say enough how thankful I am to have discovered your channel half a year ago.
I’m always fascinated by the tremendous work you and Daniela bring to your videos: it’s fashion, art, choreography, philosophy - all meticulously connected together with a humble personal touch. Yours and Daniela’s work inspire me to learn and discover more, bringing me back to loving this life ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words and the tip, Maria :)
This channel is out here doing so much work for us. The amount of info and interviews that i would never come across if not for these videos is immense and i can not even begin to express how greatful i am for this channel.
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Bliss, Daniella, please never stop these amazing research based projects. They are always so enlightening and really make the fashion world a thousand times more easy to dive into. Thank you for all your hard work you two. Im proud to be a patron of yours!
Thanks so much for the support, Lukas! Means a lot to me 🙏🙏
as someone who’s struggled with an ED/ body dysmorphia for so long, i love that these clothes r enlarging these models in all the “wrong” places. there’s sm criticism today about dressing correctly for ur body type, which mostly boils down to obscuring parts of ur body that don’t fit the beauty standard of small and thin. in a way, embracing these lumpy grotesque clothes as a part of myself would feel cathartic.
great video as always💖
Best hair in the game. Best skin in the game. Best knowledge in the game. Letsgoooo
My own mother who has heard your voice for months now and has ended up listening to your videos said some very nice things about you! She said “he is so interesting and intelligent, and he has a nice voice to listen to”
I was gonna comment how "Renaissance" is written correctly, of course some people already did but I can't shut my mouth and I have something to add : it's a french word which is not especially complicated for french people to write AND aside from it's historical meaning, it means "rebirth" ! Which I think is very interesting in perspective to everything that was brilliantly shown in this video ! Nice job, really enjoyed watching, will get some of those books you mentioned.
"Renaissance" is written correctly, lol. Look at the second "A", that's his way of writing it. Love your videos!
So proud to be in the top 5 percent of attention spans!!! Seriously though, I would never consider NOT watching your work all the way through. It’s fantastic in the context of fashion and fashion history, but I always seem to come out of one of your videos with a new life lesson and perspective on art and humanity. You are truly special as a human and a creator. I always rekindle a childlike wonder while watching your work, as even though I’m not hugely into fashion (yet), I can always see the world in a new light when you talk about it. Specifically here, the fact that art this brilliant comes from randomized processes and rei never intended to create what she created makes me think about how I as a human could live a life intending to take on a certain character and be a certain person who affects those around me in a way, but that intention will never align with who I am. Instead, the accidents and experiences that the “pattern makers” of my life give to me through their words or through our shared trials will form an ever-evolving person that affects the world, including the pattern makers that helped to create me, in ways they can only understand for themselves. And in the public eye, the perception of my character becomes even more abstracted as its audience becomes more removed from the process; not understanding how art was made gives someone a different perspective on it than the artist as well, and if I am the art, then it’s always going to be important to understand that people I meet won’t know how I became who I am and will thus perceive me differently. Everyone has their own interpretation of me, and I need to analyze that character just as much as everyone else and set aside what I think I know about my story and my inspirations to really understand myself.
I ain't reading allat 💀
Love this comment!!
Exactly this. Team 5% :)
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This video was incredible, worth it for the non-fashion obsessed even if to just listen to the binaries portion. Great work.
Agreed, I have little interest in fashion but this was fascinating
What you said about the works cited at the end was such a good challenge and I needed to hear it. I've passed over some resources with excuses and this is the kick in the pants to do the reading, take the time to chew on and process alone.
Love to hear that! Would also love to hear what you think when you do some reading as well!
Bliss, you and Daniela have done a fantastic video honoring Rei and her work. I learned so much and could connect the dots when you brought her work with Merce C. All of a sudden, I got it! Thank you both for this very enlightening work.
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
*it’s Daniella with two Ls 💫💫
**thank you for thanking her 😌 that means a lot to me
great job! It’s as if you extended Kawakubo’s thought and went beyond the boundaries of the topic, creating something new, silent and beautiful. Thanks a lot
Oooh. A deep dive. Just pausing to say thank you. I love explanations of conceptual art. Merry early festivals to you and your talented Ms. All the very best in the new year.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
OK, construction using down feather pads is Brilliant. Both for cleaning purposes and for comfort. It's like a reverse corset... or hip padding, but wherever you want the curve to be...
"Word Intention". Thank you. I live my life relying on spellcheck. I now have a label for what slips through the cracks...
"I never wanted my work to be understandable". That Woman goes hard. Damn.
I suspect Rai may make an exception for you two beautiful people. Cheers!
This is beautiful in the way that light you cannot see makes you feel warm.
I just completed my master's and as i go into the workforce I watch your videos and pretend im starting school again but in fashion; you are a wonderful & captivating teacher.
Bliss, your analyses are unrivalled. You have found a method to explain complex and highly conceptual points in a manner that even persons uninitiated to fashion are able to follow and understand. You are not a fashion critic per se; it is more accurate to say you are a scholar of fashion who teaches us what to look for and how to interpret what we see. Fashion merely for fashion's sake is not especially important, but the analysis of fashion you provide IS important toward a deeper understanding of culture. Perhaps you are a fashion anthropologist?
i put this video in the “work cited” at my 3000 words fashion review essay for my college assignment lately. And I chose prof Francesca Granata’s fashion theory elective when i was at parsons by serendipity and write a lengthy email for join that class permission because I have never stumbled across a course that align my interest in a perfect way. I am not even in a fashion major then. But now I am trying to learn how to write a fashion criticism from scratch. It was amazed to see the power of telecommunication and how the dots connected together behind people who have the same passion and belief! You are my teacher Bliss! Thank you!😢❤
That means the world to Daniella and me 🙏
@@BlissFosterthank you Daniella as well! ❤
this is the absolute best video on youtube im so grateful for it.. definetely joining the patreon
I’ve been waiting for a vid like this for a long ass time, pls make more like this for significant collections in history like Alexander McQueen. Idc how long it takes i just hope for more mega deep dives like this in the future.
Great idea. I’m a different sort of artist (film concept art & I have a mural painting business), and I love looking at McQueen for inspiration ❤
Deep… thank you for exposing us to more perspectives. I love that you, designers and many others want and make us take pause to consider different interpretations of our experiences and observations.
I love the idea of challenging ourselves to drive our own significant evolution. We all evolve but the thought of driving that progress intensely is inspirational considering the outcome of Rei Kawakubo and her as well as CDG’s broad regard.
Your passion for bringing these to us is incredible.
Bliss just dropped a movie… WOW
we all love your work ❤
I am 60yr old and totally lived through those era's and with the years it has progress extremely to society thought and body physics.
That Eagles football Example reached the very niche world crossover I exist in. Also, EXCELLENT video as always. Still thinking and processing.
This was fascinating, Bliss. Not only do I appreciate CDG much more now, you've kinda sparked an awakening of creativity in me with your binary segment. You truly have a gift for educating and your passion for fashion (haha) is evident.
I have never commented before but I wanted you and your team to know I'm truly gaining so much from this channel and deepening my understanding of the fashion world, which sometimes feels like a never ending universe. So thank you Bliss & team 🩵
Thank you so much! The team is just myself and Daniella :) the kind words mean a lot to us and I’m so glad the videos have been useful for you 💫💫
I’m pleased and impressed that you cited Godley. I’m a Brit and was starting out in fashion at this time.
Oh Bliss, I can only assess that this video is so amazing. Entertaining, funny, interesting, smart and very well written. Thanks.
Thank you for this one. I ve watched it more than once and get something new each time. It is a relief to hear a non interpretative interpretation of her work. Yes I’m on your Patreon.
This really means a lot to me. I actually sat on this episode for a really long time for fear that I was gonna mess it up. Daniella finally convinced me to go for it and the process felt really freeing. It means a lot that you came back for a rewatch. Thank you 🙏
as someone who took a modern dance technique class this semester it was so cool that you brought up merce cunningham.. love when my fields of interest interact with and influence each other!
58:21 this line here, just an incredible take on the creative process and what art teaches us about ourselves
One of your best videos, there's so much in this analysis, worth watching it multiple times. Rei is peak postmodern art
Dear Bliss and Daniella
I think you put in so much heart in making this particular content, that I felt extremely joyful watching it.
After watching your video, I happened to be driving in heavy traffic.
And in the midst of all that frustration and honking horns surrounding me, I only felt happy.
Maybe it was the sheer joy of realising that, holy shit, how can someone think like Rei?
Rei, and people like Merce, literally change the way we appreciate the beauty of the random and the weird.
Until I saw this video, I never knew that Rei's work had so much depth to it.
Thank you for enlightening us about it.
I needed to know that, to appreciate CDG beyond the surface level.
I also love that you are crediting your sources, for our enjoyment and education.
You have no idea how rare that is. It's also really smart.
Most people, in any line of work, love to gate keep.
You are both good people. Thumbs up. Subscribed.
And as soon as I have the money, I'm joining your patreon.
I'd love for you to analyse more CDG collections, though Rei might not😂
With all my heart, I hope you can keep making truly wonderfully educational, and insightful videos like this.
Also Tuesdays are a treat.
Content from Bliss Foster, Fashion Roadman and Hautelemode on the same day.
Tuesdays are glorious.
I recently started delving into the fashion world, specifically trying to comprehend the more esoteric and nuanced forms of artistic/academic expression, and this video essay literally was my 'Eureka' / 'Aha!' / zen epiphany moment when, for the first time, I feel like I've been shown a glimpse into the infinite, which is enough of a revelatory moment that I feel like I can now better appreciate the potential of fashion as a medium to express and explore ideas. Truly mind blowing stuff that even a layman like myself can understand and appreciate. A thousand thanks!!
This was an incredible episode, thank you! I’ve always loved Kawakubo for how unsettled she makes me feel.
Wow! Can’t believe this took 3 yrs to put out! Thanks so much ✨💕
My mind is blown. Thank you for the wonderful video as usual!
Ayyyyy thanks so much! 💫💫
Thanks again Bliss. Absolutely Excellent. Thanks for the inspiration requiring many hours of study and exploration and analyses.
this is the only hour long video i could just sit and watch spontaneously
I think Julien spelled Renaissance correctly, he just draws his a’s strangely. He draws them like a’s with a tail hat on top, instead of like a circle with a stand
I love how this video establishes its thesis and goes on multiple tangents before finally starting ch1 at 18minutes in. Never change Bliss.
😂😂 Daniella and I howled at this comment 😭
WOW. What a video. The amount of time that it takes to research and write something like this, let alone film and edit it...
We don't deserve your (you and Daniella's) passion, but I am thrilled that we get to experience it
This also just scratched the liberal arts corner of my brain in such a happy way ♡ Also, damn I miss dancing.
The most iconic collection ever. I fell in love with CDG and Ms. Rei K after this. It shaped my taste for fashion
This was a lovely and very informative and introspective content. thank you very much for this output🫶🏽
I doubt you’ll see this. However I think it’s important in case you do and for the algorithm. This video seriously helped me get over something I’ve been battling for a long time. I’ve struggled with binaries and fighting the concept of them on a philosophical level since I was a kid and it impaired my creative ability to the point where I had no actual creative ideas. This video helped open my mind past the understanding of what binaries are. As an aspiring fashion designer, and TH-camr, I seriously respect and appreciate this masterpiece and everything else you produce on this channel. It’s obvious it’s your full time job, and I’m glad to hear the enthusiasm in your voice as you talk about your video topic, it’s authentic and comforting. I hope to be like you in the future, as a TH-camr and etc.
Definitely saw this comment and I’m honored, homie. Thanks so much for the kind words 💫💫
you have no idea how much i needed this video. i was trying to find an analysis of her works from this collection for my essay. You helped alot. thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!💫💫
this video is amazing and makes me very happy. Your enthusiasm about fashion and how you talk about it. Just makes me even more excited to learn about fashion.
This is such a nice listen as a visual artist who recently got into fashion
Amazing video! I can confirm Rei and pattern maker work together exactly what you said in the video. It was hard to get “yes” from her❤
Bliss I absolutely love you! Your work stands alone my friend. Keep up the good work!!
That mention of Merce Cunningham reminded me of the music of John Cage (his husband). It, much like in Kawakubo's work, works to deconstruct binary thinking, such as music-noise and sound-silence, transcending these binaries by unifying them into one (such as in '4'33"', 'Indeterminacy' or most of his pieces since the 50s really). It also stands out how Cage also tries to remove himself from the process by using indeterminacy, that is, leaving part of the process open to chance, in that way also breaking that binary of composer-interpreter, as the interpreter is sometimes left to improvise or to change the piece. Thus, Cage determines some parameters for the piece and then leaves it to develop by chance, closely resembling Kawakubo's process. Sometimes, as is espected, the pieces fall flat, but other times the music ends up being very beautiful ('Fifty-Eight' is pretty great).
Your comment mirrors many of my thoughts. I'm mire familiar with Cage, Cunningham and the world of art and philosophy than the fashion world, so this video was very interesting to me, seeing the work, and hearing her method of process, and the ideas and artists she's worked with.
This is fashion as art, and I see it as very different from what is usually referred to as "fashion" or runway shows dictating trends of what the geberal population wears a couple of years later. This artistry discussed here interests me (not so much the other, and never a Versace runway show). Cage used the I Ching in some of his work. Or let the imperfections of the paper he wrote his scores on determine the notation. He was deep into buddhist and zen philosophy and early experimentation with tapes, which actually also removed him from the performance.
A true visionary thinker. And Merce being his partner and often collaborator, their methods and ideas are often similar or the same, in different fields. They too were ridiculed at first, were very controversial. So much has hapoened between the early days of these creatives (the late nineteenfifties) and now, it may be hard for millenials and younger to really grasp. Breaking down preconceptions over time is a difficult task but a truly artistic journey to not just embark on, but find ways to stay invested in, to the point of removing their own perceptive bias from essential parts of the process, and is both ectremely diciplined and very brave.
Wgat an interesting video!
Wonderful episode as always. Thank you for the great content
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47:55 who is that model? Jodie Kidd
You need to write a book, amazing job truly amazing. Forever obsessed with your videos and your work sssuuuuper grateful for giving this to us for free. Thank youuu👏🏻❤️
Danke!
Thank YOU! 💫💫
Amazing video. Thank you for all of your hard work. I don't think anyone on TH-cam is doing what you do. You are essential!!
Absolutely amazing video!
This is one of my favorite collections ever and probably the reason why I started my upcycling journey and you guys just nailed it at spreading wisdom about it
I was on Scholarship at Merce’s Studio. Sometimes the movements were impossible, literally. 760 degree rotation of the head/torso. Sometimes there will be multiple sections, like 4. He would randomly pick one at a time so it may be section 1, 1, 4, 3..for that day’s performance. The following performance may randomly be 2, 3, 1, 4. And the music would also have a different order too, generally. In 1998, he wasn’t super mobile. Around that time he had special boots made to take the pressure off is feet so he could move around. (His movement, takes a toll on the body..when you try to do the impossible)
Wow, that is fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing with everyone 💫💫
Thanks!
Thank YOU!! 💫💫
So much research and ideas explored here. Well done both of you once again!
35:03 its correctly spelled, he just uses 'a' instead of 'ɑ'
If you slow the playback speed to 0.5, I get to finally see what the flash of lettering says 4:57 & it makes you sound kind of like how Mike Birbiglia sounds with his normal speach. 🤣
Thank you so much for making this beautiful content to break down the complexity of Rei Kawakubo's work.
wow!! it is the level of work i want to watch!!
I set aside time today to focus and watch this episode. Excellent work and worth the wait. Thank you for work and dedication. Much appreciated.
Thank you so, so much for the hard work! Always the best!
Thank you so much for sharing this, this is really interesting and insightful
Omg love the video was so excited to learn more about the 1997 show of comme des garçons, I quote her work last year on my fashion memorandum for my diploma thanks 😊 for the video and for the incredible effort that you put in your works. ❤
This video is brilliant. Specially the part about binaries. Made me think about the reason why I want to perceive image as sound and use databending
LOVE YOU BLISS!!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST
This video is beauuutifuul. So insightful and thoughtful
So generous! Thank you
I recently purchased a 2023-24 Cdg cropped wool jacket. The most I’ve paid for a single item. It’s perfection and so incredibly simple. Probably influenced by you to do this. When I wear it no one has a clue what it is.😊
One of the best videos I’ve ever seen.
I am *loving* all these book recommendations!
Extremely fair research, thank you
BLISS DOES IT AGAIN
Ahhh so good! I see another binge in my future...
Hells bells, man, when are you getting on Nebula?
An HOUR long video? Christmas came early this year!
And as always, thank you and Daniela for your work. You guys are awesome❤
Daniella** w 2 Ls :) thank YOU for thanking her, homie 😌
Apologies! Thank you Daniella! :)
This was absolutely incredible! I've learned so much from this 1 hour video I can't thank you enough. Recently I've been getting into creative processes so this was also really relevant for me.
Glad it helped!💫💫
Ok so Im not going to pose this as an interpretation, but qhat comes up for me is the very modern idea that the popular fashion silhouette shoyld be driven by our bodies. Bodies as fashion is so bizarre to me... Clothes used to be buildt in a way that their shape was carried away from the body and supported by undergarments. We didn't squish ourselves down, corsets and stays fit comfortably and then we built our clothes out with padding and cut. Seeing the padding bulge out and deform the clothing and perception of the body makes me feel a certain way about how clothes are expected to do so little work, and relies on our bodies being a certain shape and proportion, some of which is completely out of our control, to look good.
Thank you for all the effort putting in these videos. This was one hour well invested of my time!
That means a lot to me, thanks so much for the kind words 💫💫
This video is a masterpiece, so involving and touching!
That means a lot to me, Mary :) thank you 💫💫
Thank you for sharing these knowledge and interpretation of yours with a lot of passion in it. 🙏🏼
I do love these deep dives!! ❤
I'm still a fledgling fashion student, meaning I am just a regular person who finds fashion an essential practice of human artistic expression n incidentally has an eye for style, fabrics n labels. But I'm struggling with this collection. I honestly kept being reminded of this exceptionally acted teleplay I saw in the 80s "The Elephant Man", about Joseph Merrick's life. This collection immediately brought back the fascination n quiet, unsettling eloquence of the whole production, so in a sense, the collection has done its job. It is conceptually brave, but my untrained eye still sees, with most of the looks, "lumps n bumps". I appreciate the deep dive dissertation on it, though. Ur videos truly are masterworks that make fashion accessible to all who love it.
Thank you Bliss
Great video Bliss!
Thank you for that! It was a lovely and inspiring video!
best video ever. speechless. thank you.
Wow that’s really kind of you:) I truly truly appreciate it 💫💫
Rei's work may resist interpretation, but at the same time interpreting it is part of finding the beauty in it as an audience (as long as we keep her process in mind).
I loved this doc ❤
Thanks so much! It made folding my laundry a breeze.
Glad to be at the top 5% , love you Bliss. I’ll join the patreon once I get my life together. Just realized there’s a student tier‼️ IM COMINGGG
Haha we’ll see you in there 🙏🙏
Brilliant. Fascinating. Fabulous. I just joined the Patreon.
Saw you come thru, Lori. I appreciate it 💫💫
by 5%er here: all the way through this i was thinking ‘this must have taken ages’, not the video itself, everything else. lovely work. i have some research to do on random choreographing processes
Once you know that this work is the result of a process and not a concept it really does change every way you look at it.
Sounds like an expensive way to design! loll. I do like how Rei went completely against the grain. Your videos are awesome!