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The 7th Sense
There
will always be debate over the location of the
world's fashion capital. The style epicenter seems
to travel just ahead of, or perhaps in tow of, the
trends of the day. Paris, New York, London and
Tokyo all come to mind, yet for three days every
October, The Body Art spotlight will focus on Santa
Cruz, for the Seventh Sense Fashion Show.
If you
have had the opportunity to bear witness to big
city fashion shows featuring the latest super
models draped in the latest work of the latest
designers, let that not be your preparation. For
you see, The Seventh Sense is not like any other
fashion show. This is the intersection where
fashion meets identity. It goes beyond what one
wears, and explores who one is. It is about
expressing that identity in the rawest and most
elaborate costumes, designed specifically for the
event, some perhaps intended only to last for as
long as the runway. "The
pieces are designed expressly as components of the
show.," explains David Jackman, Seventh Sense
director. "They are not about proposals of lines of
clothing that are practical. Where fashion
represents a cultural wave of expression, these
pieces are about individual splashes of
expression." The
designers range drastically in experience and
style. Artists in various media not typically
related to body adornment present their creations
on themselves and their models in a runway- style
performance, carefully choreographed in a black-tie
and champagne setting. Pieces
featured in past years included Darryl Ferruci's
"Construction Collection", a stylish group of
outfits, so well-crafted that not until a second
look were the garments' materials revealed to be
duct tape, orange snow fence, caution tape and tin
flashing . Once the
artists understand that there need be no pretence
of practicality, that the materials can be as
cumbersome as concrete and barbed wire, or as
fleeting as paper or even projected light, there is
an inspiration that they tap into. Please
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