This episode is one of many living questions. We question the fervent need to define ‘Singapore Fashion’ and discuss how we can participate in the system beyond wear, ownership and consumption. Weiqi emphasises the need for industry-level introspection and discourse in order for our local industry to recognise that its ongoing practices and ways of working are unsustainable. Singapore Fashion needs accountability, not definitions.
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Intro (0:43)
What is fashion? (7:58)
Can we define Singapore fashion? (11:22)
The potential of fashion as a medium that everyone participates in (19:45)
How care can be embellished in everyday wear (22:20)
The relationship between Fashion Media and its readers (28:50)
Seeing Fashion in different spaces outside of consumption (33:02)
Singapore Fashion needs industry-level introspection (49:48)
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LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
Vogue SG street style article: https://vogue.sg/lasalle-college-of-the-arts-fashion-students-street-style-singapore/
HerWorld article: https://www.herworld.com/fashion/singapore-really-fashion-capital-or-just-shopping-one/
Prestige article: https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/style/fashion/singapore-designers-change-fashion-industry/
Weiqi’s articles:
Performing Femininity: Aprons, Capes and School Uniforms https://www.asianfilmarchive.org/performing-femininity-aprons-capes-and-school-uniforms/
Meet the Singaporean designers changing the way we dress, design and age https://vogue.sg/singapore-adaptive-fashion-werable-will-and-well-claudia-poh-elisa-lim/
Queering Through Dress: ‘Dress/Address’ at Grey Projects https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/queering-through-dress-dressaddress-at-grey-projects
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Connect with Weiqi:
Instagram @coqillage
Work & Research @fashionondisplay
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