Deconstruction fashion: garments that are unfinished, coming apart, recycled, re-formed

Commes des GarconsS/S09

Commes Des Garcons

A rebellion against fashion's heritage, elements of deconstruction include vintage linings sewn on the outside of clothes, exposed zips and seams.

Maison Martin Margiela

the designer is not just not destroying the garment when deconstructing it: it is both a simultaneous “forming and deforming, constructing and destroying, making and undoing clothes.” The design and anti-design are equally essential.

Allison Gill lDeconstruction Fashion: The Making of Unfinished, Decomposing and Re-assembled Clothes

Maison Martin Margiela

Garments serve a functional and aesthetic purpose. If we decontruct them literally how can we change both of these functions?

Shoe Lace Dress

By deconstructing traditional garment forms and shapesCan we also find new ways to look at or think about the body?

Yohji Yamamoto A/W09/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_HHa8T6xQo

Alexander McQueen:The Bridegroom Stripped Bare