![]() In blurring the dividing lines between the natural and the artificial, cyberpunk also triggers the question of alteration of the human body due to 21st century technological advancements in the fashion photographs of Steven Klein, Mert&Marcus, Nick Knight and Steven Meisel. With collections featuring deconstructed suits and dresses that acknowledge the effect of ‘Tron’ alike beings, the hints of cyberpunk influence on 21st century fashion are evident in the collections of Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Rick Owens, Haider Ackermann, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Helmut Lang, Versace, Junya Watanabe and Alexander Wang to name a few. In his Blade Runner-esque spring/summer 2018 collection, Simons’ dystopian imagination was depicted on stage by neon lights, transparent umbrellas, and models wearing genderless anti-uniforms. But even prior the sequel premiere, Raf Simons reinitiated the cyberpunk buzz when he showed us that this movement is far from ‘dead’. As fashion was an integral part for the creation of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, its successor ‘Blade Runner 2049’ relies on costume design as an essential future inspiration for fashion designers….it could be perceived something like ‘tears in the rain’. One reason to reinitiate the cyberpunk talk is the long expected sequel of ‘Blade Runner’ that was released just few days ago. Today, in the 21st century, we live in the projected future from the 1970s cyberpunk, and the fashion designers tend to discover how cyberpunk serves as inspiration for futuristic fashion and how it empowers and transforms the human body. Fashion designers have a predisposition to search their inspirations in future, and cyberpunk gives them a hint of how future could look like. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.The story of 21st century fashion portrays the human desire to overcome the limits of the body by designing clothes for ‘new’ bodies and bodies for ‘new’ clothes.
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