Basics of Contemporary Fashion
The Skin I Live In
A course by Gustavo Prado , Design researcher
About the video: The Skin I Live In
Overview
“All bodies are different in each region of the world. When you design for your environment, you understand your context, however, the current problem is that it is designed thinking about perfect bodies that do not really exist.”
In this video lesson Gustavo Prado addresses the topic: The Skin I Live In, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basics of Contemporary Fashion. Learn to conceptualise and convert your creations into a fashion brand.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Lately even as a trend level there is a big movement to begin to reinterpret and see differently the beauty of us Mexicans. From Dorian Ulises López who has an incredible Instagram, his name is @mexicanomx where you are seeing the beauty of people like that on the street even a lot of things that are happening in advertising, They are talking about this. And we would have to really think How we Mexicans are physically. So, it turns out that the National Chamber of the Clothing Industry whose name is CANAIVE, about four years ago he started asking himself this and they bought some sc...”
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Course summary for: Basics of Contemporary Fashion
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Costume Design, Fashion Design
Gustavo Prado
A course by Gustavo Prado
After decades dedicated to research trends in fashion and design, it could be said that Gustavo Prado is one of the greatest experts in contemporary fashion. During the last 20 years he has taught at universities such as La Esmeralda, Academia de San Carlos, CEDIM and Centro Diseño-Cine-Television. He has also curated several museums such as the Cuatro Caminos Museum Photo and Centro de la Imagen.
He directed Mextilo , the first feature film focused on Mexican fashion and his is also the book with the same name. Today he is dedicated to giving lectures about the power of design, creativity and the need for innovation.
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