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Litro #137: Future Fashions

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"She glided along the catwalk, naked, twelve feet tall with limbs so slender it seemed physically impossible she could be upright or walking. Her skin was a velvet blackness that absorbed all light and reflected none, giving high contrast to an iridescent oil slick rainbow tattoo that flowed over her body." From 'Catwalk' by Ivor W. Hartmann

For the last hundred years, we have been constantly imagining – and reimagining – our destiny. Science fiction writers and directors have projected mankind into the future through new worlds, new cityscapes – and, of course, new fashions. The fashion industry has always looked to the future for inspiration, so it’s no surprise that designers have often been involved in creating these sci-fi visions. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin have all lent their visual style to the imagined societies we have seen on film. From Barbarella’s intergalactic beachwear to Katniss Everdeen’s combustible evening gown, fashion shapes the way we view mankind’s future.

As London Fashion Week brings the clothes of tomorrow to the catwalk, Litro #137 also puts science fiction’s Future Fashions in the spotlight. We celebrate some of the iconic designs of the last fifty years, and imagine where the fashion industry might end up in the near future...

Read more of Litro #137: Future Fashions here.

Language: English

Publisher: Ocean Media Books

Release: September 01, 2014

Litro #137: Future Fashions

4.6/5 ( ratings)

"She glided along the catwalk, naked, twelve feet tall with limbs so slender it seemed physically impossible she could be upright or walking. Her skin was a velvet blackness that absorbed all light and reflected none, giving high contrast to an iridescent oil slick rainbow tattoo that flowed over her body." From 'Catwalk' by Ivor W. Hartmann

For the last hundred years, we have been constantly imagining – and reimagining – our destiny. Science fiction writers and directors have projected mankind into the future through new worlds, new cityscapes – and, of course, new fashions. The fashion industry has always looked to the future for inspiration, so it’s no surprise that designers have often been involved in creating these sci-fi visions. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin have all lent their visual style to the imagined societies we have seen on film. From Barbarella’s intergalactic beachwear to Katniss Everdeen’s combustible evening gown, fashion shapes the way we view mankind’s future.

As London Fashion Week brings the clothes of tomorrow to the catwalk, Litro #137 also puts science fiction’s Future Fashions in the spotlight. We celebrate some of the iconic designs of the last fifty years, and imagine where the fashion industry might end up in the near future...

Read more of Litro #137: Future Fashions here.

Language: English

Publisher: Ocean Media Books

Release: September 01, 2014

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