Vestoj Issue 0 – Material Memories or The Past Present in the Future
The first issue of Vestoj will be themed around ‘Material Memories’ (or the past present in the future) and deal with issues such as real, and imagined, nostalgia, historicism in fashion and personal memories of much loved pieces of clothing. Because how many of us haven’t felt the twinge of remorse when we have to get rid of a beloved jumper that time has punished with one moth hole too many? Or the irrational attachment to a brooch or a pair of glasses or a coat that once belonged to someone we used to love? Or maybe the nostalgia felt for a pair of baby shoes that were yours when you were too young to even remember what they felt like on your tiny feet?
This issue of Vestoj will be a sort of account of this intersection of our clothes and our past. Our material memories, as it were. The idea is that our discarded garments reflect our memories, material memories of times past, love lost or found, disappointments endured or victories won. These lost objects of desire could then be read as a map to our past, here resurrected and brought back to life once more. For isn’t it so that through breathing life back into what would otherwise be fleeting ephemera, mere fragments, we somehow mourn times of yore yet celebrate our own history, the fact that we have lived?
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September 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Sounds fascinating! Can’t wait to see the first issue.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
I agree with the comment above. I’m much looking forwards to seeing the first issue!
May 13th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Браво, мне кажется, это замечательная фраза…
Because how many of us haven’t felt the twinge of remorse when we have to get rid of […….