Ross is a creative emerging designer who graduated from the univeristy of technology sydney with a bachelor of design in
fashion and textiles (honours).
Ross is a creative emerging designer who graduated from the univeristy of technology sydney with a bachelor of design in
fashion and textiles (honours).
this collection is inspired by vintage gay pornography. the clothes are centred around how the male body is perceived and interacted with. there is a frequent use of splits and cutouts, which give both visibility and physical access to the body. other design details draw attention to male private parts, eg the design details on the backs of jeans, or cutouts on front exposing tight underwear. silhouette is a mix of fitted and loose, formal and casual. masculine, but subversively so. draped elements + sandals are allusions to Greek and Roman clothing, soemthing which Per Gotesson does too. the coour palette of black, white and denim tones is also a reference to Per Gotesson.
the designs take inspiration from Tom of Finland’s illustrations and 1970s fashion and fetishwear, with many of the design lines on jeans lifted directly from original illustration. the prints in this collection are black and white half-tone screenprints. they collage imagery from Tom of Finland Illustrations, Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography, and photographs from a 1930s medical journal. this blend of imagery from art, science and pornography gives different lenses through which to view the male body: blurring the line between pornography and the body.
photography by Shen Osaki