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the 2063 Cathay Collection

Sorry for slow posts, I'm travelling around China atm. Mao's fourth wife, Jiang Qing, attempted to create a dress that would serve as a female equivalent of the "Mao suit." It didn't go well and has been almost lost to history. I've recreated it with Lin Zhi here

Hobart 🌿

@millmint.net

I think Commonwealth society would have very little conception of appropriation generally; they are cultural internationalists and so would happily incorporate motifs around the world. Like Jiang, worldbuilders exercise control over fashion, especially as symbols.

22/8/26, 5:59 pm0 reposts27 likes

Hobart 🌿

@millmint.net

22 Aug

Here, though, the items are mostly kitsch references to Chinese clothing (or "Cathay" as they call it). Jiefangxie (military sneakers); Jiang's dress; an army tunic; upturned collars -- all ripped up and reassembled in the pure internationalist tradition.

Drew Warlock 🍉 🇨🇺 🇮🇷 🇻🇪

@drew.rw

22 Aug

I do find it endlessly fascinating how local tradition influenced and shapes the results of cultural interchange