It’s Broque –
Looking at where we assert value in fashion, I chose the Baroque era because it sounds like broke, which is a common assumption of what Saint Louis is. Both Saint Louis and the Baroque period have a strong visual appeal when it comes to architecture, color, and print. The collection will highlight the complex nature of what value means in different communities by reconceptualizing historical understructures and using materials that relate to St. Louis. While they are totally different worlds, the jarring juxtaposition provides a wider lens into where the aesthetics collide with power shown through unity.
It's Broque, Look 1&2, 2022, sculpture, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Various fabrics along with screen pritned, digitally printed, and hand-dyed fabrics. Hand-applied Swarovski crystals and metal hoop skirts.
It's Broque, Look 3&4, 2022, sculpture, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Various fabrics along with screen pritned, digitally printed, and hand-dyed fabrics. Hand-applied Swarovski crystals and metal hoop skirts.
It's Broque, Look 5&6, 2022, sculpture, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Various fabrics along with screen pritned, digitally printed, and hand-dyed fabrics. Hand-applied Swarovski crystals and metal hoop skirts.
It's Broque, Look 7&8, 2022, bodysuit, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Screen printed mesh, hand-applied Swarovski crystals, spandex, velour, latex, lycra, boning, and gold thread.
It's Broque, Look 9&10, 2022, bodysuit, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Screen printed mesh, hand-applied Swarovski crystals, spandex, velour, latex, lycra, boning, and gold thread.
It's Broque, Look 11&12, 2022, bodysuit, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Screen printed mesh, hand-applied Swarovski crystals, spandex, velour, latex, lycra, boning, and gold thread.
It's Broque, Looks 1-6, 2022, sculpture, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Various fabrics along with screen pritned, digitally printed, and hand-dyed fabrics. Hand-applied Swarovski crystals and metal hoop skirts.
It's Broque, Looks 7-12, 2022, bodysuit, photography: @yell.l0, @_.answers._
Screen printed mesh, hand-applied Swarovski crystals, spandex, velour, latex, lycra, boning, and gold thread.
It's Broque, 2022, weaving, 50in x 60 in
Jacquard weaving, Hand-applied AB and Swarovski crystals.
Fashion is more than something you wear to clothe with, it is a way of expressing, identifying, and representing through being bold, powerful, accessible, innovative, and inclusively unmistakable. Matthew Cook’s art explores the aesthetics of where he is from through the events and perceptions people have of Saint Louis, Missouri. Conceptualizing race, gender, sexuality, and body image, the assumptions of how particular groups should act, look, think, or talk like are the core of his work. Manipulating materials through intense draping, complex patternmaking, and quality construction balance the eclectic and vibrant choices of materially that provides multiple perceptions of his work.