The look of Vulgar fashion~

       Vulgar fashion, most people find it an insult when they are told "Your fashion taste is vulgar" but after what I'm about to tell you about vulgar fashion, you might change your mind in taking it as an insult. 
                The Vulgar, fashion Redefined is doing exactly that: challenging us to reconsider our ideas around taste. It features designers from across the world, including Manolo Blahnik, Christian Dior and Prada, and asks its visitor what the world vulgar even means and why it’s so controversial. For those who have no clue in what vulgar fashion means, it is okay. I didn't understand too. But, it means lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined. Here are some words that is also used to express vulgar fashion. tasteless, crass, tawdry, ostentations, flamboyant, overdone, showy, gaudy, brassy, loud. 
               Why in the world would anyone call it "vulgar fashion'? People have called fashion vulgar for a number of reasons – because it can be excessive and extravagant, because it costs a lot of money sometimes, it’s related to commerce, it’s popular and it can be sexualised. You have to wear it though – it would be a bit vulgar to walk around naked after all.   How are the Barbican Centre looking at everything vulgar?
Vulgar means lacking in sophistication, or it can also mean coarse and rude – but take a deep breath because there’s plenty of it to explore here. The Barbican’s latest exhibition covers 500 years, from the Renaissance to now, showing visitors couture and ready-to-wear fashion as well as manuscripts, photography and film. What becomes clear from the exhibition is that fashion often breaks with taste to redefine it – so why not celebrate vulgarity?
               Lastly, is it vulgar to put it in an art gallery? The curators are aware that some see exhibiting fashion in an art gallery as vulgar – should the hallowed halls of the gallery come so close to the ring of the cash desk in a shopping mall? A number of voices from Coco Chanel to Jonathan Swift are drawn on throughout the exhibition to show that ultimately, questions of taste are all in the eye of the beholder. 
              So it's pretty interesting, huh? The way I look at it vulgar fashion isn't that bad, it's exciting, surprising, and I bet just wearing it would make you feel so cool!~ 
Okay, that's all for today! byebye. 



(picture cred: Barbican's Latest Exhibition
The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined. )