I don't know about harbingers. Back in '84 I remember reading a piece in the NYT Magazine making a similar argument, as fashions that year at the big shows were more or less all inspired by _The Road Warrior_. (More specifically, and problematically from the view of the Times writer, by The Feral Kid.)
Anyway, I'm not sure what it would mean for fashion to be SF'nal. If they're just following movies or TV shows -- i.e., following fashion -- that doesn't strike me as forward-looking. SF'nal fashion to me would be something that anticipated the new, was a harbinger of the future. If I really wanted to be provocative, I might argue on that basis that Coco Chanel was among the most SF'nal of designers. She did anticipate major societal upheavals by giving women pockets, after all. On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:16 PM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > I was saddened that Alexander McQueen killed himself this week: he > was always our designer, the designer of science fiction. Look at his > magnificent last show: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-xYSLunwY > > and then: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3kvPWPySaQ&feature=related > > But that got me thinking. This week the fashions at fashion week are > heavily influenced by SF, and not just the usual dystopia-as-punk > theme, but a bunch of alien nature Avatar stuff. E.g., Gaultier: > > http://hubpages.com/hub/Avatar-the-inspiration-for-Gaultier > > It makes me wonder if it's a harbinger. SF has invaded in a > definitive way haute couture. The last, left-behind geeks finally > have inherited the highest promintories.... > > cd > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
