Pink is often associated with childishness. The pink bedroom walls of young girls, like the teddy sleeping next to them, are a token of girly-girl innocence constructed by parents based on societies wishes. That's why, when a girl is coming of age, teddy is beheaded and those pink walls are covered with famous faces. Famous faces who from now on will act as a guidance in taste and behaviour. It's a new age where the...
Fashion, in many ways, is a bodily experience. A soft cotton-like fabric gliding against your skin or the movement of your legs captured by the width of your skirt underlines this idea. However in recent years fashion has become more than just something to adorn the body with. Fashion has become conceptual and perhaps even ideological, concentrating around creating an evocative and authentic experience. Nowadays a silk dress attaching itself to your waist like butter...
"Why aren't you happy?", my mother asks me. We're standing in the bathroom. I've finally calmed down after I -what only can be described as- loosed my shit. And indeed, why aren't I smiling like all the others on Facebook. With one hand occupied by a glass of champagne and the other with a balloon happily stating my academic success: you're offically a cultural heritage professional! Whoop-dee-whoop! "Congratulations and celebrations are the last thing on...
