Fashion || Modern Clown vs. Fashion Eccentric
clown: /klaʊn/ [kloun] –noun a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish
costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion.
When I think of a clown, I think of an individual with exaggerated qualities that
goes to extreme lengths to make their "audience" laugh or smile.
Meanwhile they fill their personal voids through enabling another person's happiness.
A clown stands out in the a crowd, sometimes in a way that attracts ridicule for
compromising integrity, or attracts intrigue for being brave enough to be intensely different.
What does it take to survive the micro-environment that is THE FASHION INDUSTRY
in comparison to what it takes to survive today's GLOBAL COMMUNITY/SOCIETY?
What used to be frowned upon (extreme eccentricity) has become a major determining factor in whether or not
they are given an opportunity sought after by a crowd. People who at one time might have been considered
clown-like in appearance, behavior, personality, or by way of communication have become
trendsetters, creative directors, entertainers, reality tv contestants, names of designer labels, and faces of major movements.
Why? They are the bright haired and bright-eyed creative-geniuses wearing mix-matched colors and prints.
More ironically they are the same people many of us would not dare chastise because
they bring some of the most inconceivable ideas to the table without compromising their integrity.
It is as if it is their duty to ensure you will never forget them in hopes that you might consider
why you should be memorable and "wildly" different from the next person.
"Modern Clown vs. Fashion Eccentric" was inspired by the Z!NK's "Clowning Around" shoot featured in their Holiday 2009 issue.
To incorporate the season, the model is styled head-to-toe in fabulous furs from every spectrum.
The intense tangerine hair in contrast with the indigo shadowed-eyes are stunning and play off the theme in a way that
characterizes the shoot with folly and a rocker glam appeal. Pure eye candy!
Photographer: Fredrik Wannerstedt
