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- Title
Queer(ing) tailoring: Walter Van Beirendonck and the glorious bastardization of the suit.
- Authors
Brajato, Nicola
- Abstract
Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is internationally known for his original and critical approach to menswear, using fashion as an arena to discuss social and political issues. This 'Antwerp Six' member, however, still seems to be under-represented in fashion studies scholarship. Therefore, this article aims to offer an investigation of Van Beirendonck's sartorial practices through an analysis of his queer approach to tailoring. Consequently, the article focuses on the historical and material meanings of the suit in the making of normative and hegemonic masculinity, and how the designer has been capable of opening up a material critical discussion of these meanings through the queering of the suit's design, surface and styling. Beyond being the first academic investigation on Walter Van Beirendonck's tailoring, the article aims to contribute to broadening the knowledge on Belgian fashion, particularly the Antwerp fashion scene and its ways of dealing with the concepts of fashion, body and gender identity.
- Subjects
ANTWERP (Belgium); TAILORING; HOME ownership; POLITICAL science; MASCULINITY
- Publication
Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
2040-4417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/csfb_00009_1