I picked up a copy of Style: magazine from my roomate's table and read it yesterday. It was another ordinary fashion magazine but what surprised me is the photoshots in the magazine! The theme is Cubism, and everything is about geometry and clean lines.

Everything that are worn on the models is exaggerated, for example, their sholders are broadened, hips are sculpted and shoes are elaborate. The clothings look stiff, as if they are sculptures worn on women. The sharp angles and geometry shapes are the most significant features for Cubism, and besides that, the features also bring in a sense of Futurism to the overall look. The design is minimal and emphasises on the overall shape and the texture of the textiles.The heavy and volumized upper parts are always balanced with a tight bottom, or vice versa to avoid overloaded visualization. The colour used are mainly cold colours, such as black, white, silver, blue and violet. The models are either emotionless or looking away. This enables them to make us feel as if they are robot like or inhuman, or someone who travelled time and come form the future. Or perhaps, the artist want to tell the audience that women now are strong, powerful and sophiscated and are moving in with time to advance their influence in the society. And also that, women can be womanly, and yet do not exploit their feminity by baring her skin and be seen purely as a beauty object by men in the patriarchal society, like they did in the past.