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AUTUMN / WINTER 2017<br />
Processbook<br />
Joan Dominique<br />
• NEW YORK •<br />
ADDRESS<br />
105 W 29th Street 37A<br />
New York, NY, USA 10001<br />
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CONTACT<br />
www.joan-dominique.com<br />
contact@joan-dominique.com
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My artwork takes a critical view of social,<br />
political and cultural issues. Often<br />
referencing Greek Mythology, my work<br />
explores the varying relationships between<br />
popular culture and exploring the human<br />
female form. While I use a combination<br />
of fabric and cutting-edge technology;<br />
however, the processes in each project my<br />
methodology is consistent.<br />
My current project investigates reflections,<br />
mirrors, and the reality of ‘the selfie<br />
generation’.<br />
My Philosophy with Fashion editorial is<br />
heavily reliant on “attainable beauty”.<br />
I intentionlly choose to use a member<br />
of the ‘selfie generation’ and refused to<br />
use photoshop to enhance my model’s<br />
features. Pores and skin discolorations<br />
may be evident; however, this photoshoot<br />
serves to make a greater point. We are all<br />
prefect despite our ‘flaws’.<br />
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COLLECTION<br />
CONCEPT<br />
MISE EN ABYME // INTO THE ABYSS<br />
The self is dirtier than you think. Narcissism is a detrimental notion to the self. It allows<br />
the individual to praise the substandard qualities of his or her being: their physical<br />
qualities. The key to a healthy life is an idea of maintaining a balance within the idea of<br />
narcissism. Imagine a balancing scale, one side is being too narcissistic, an indication<br />
of being too internally insecure, and the other side being not narcissistic at all, an<br />
indication of lacking any inkling of self-worth. The mirror is the device that propels the<br />
exponential growth of this disease. The image that appears in the mirror is generated<br />
with the reflection of light. And abstractly, the mirror is also a symbol for reflection<br />
of the self. Reflection of our past experiences and our past sorrows. Fortunately, selfgrowth<br />
begins with reflection of the self because that is when we truly accept our<br />
past errors and truly learn from our mistakes. The mirror makes our flaws, defects, and<br />
imperfections visible. It does not hide the truth. It destroys any wall or counterfeit idea<br />
we have about ourselves. Or, it can do the very opposite. Unfortunately, narcissism is<br />
praised in our modern day society. The Internet is now littered with selfies that no one<br />
truly cares to see. The shattered mirror is the result of the denial of when an individual<br />
is shown the unfiltered reality and uses physical force to smash the mirror in hopes to<br />
repel it. It is also a motif found within the collection and adding textures and emotion<br />
to these garments.<br />
ONLINE PORTFOLIO<br />
www.joan-domnique.com<br />
contact@joan-dominique.com
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LOOKING FORWARD<br />
This collection is a shout against the current routine practices of vanity by the ‘Selfie<br />
Generation’. In early Greek Mythology,The oracle of Apollo at Delphi demanded of the ancient<br />
Greek ‘know thyself,’ and mirrors have often been used as symbols of wisdom and selfknowledge.<br />
But Apollo also required ‘nothing in excess,’ and the mirror can just as easily imply<br />
vanity, an unhealthy amount of self-regard. The peril of over admiring one’s mirror image is<br />
encapsulated in the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus, the beautiful boy who having fallen in love<br />
with his reflection in a pool, pined away and was turned into a flower. Let’s all try not to turn<br />
into flowers.
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“Since our technology is really<br />
just an extension of ourselves,<br />
we don’t have to have contempt<br />
for its manipulability in the<br />
way we might with actual<br />
people. It’s all one big endless<br />
loop. We like the mirror and<br />
the mirror likes us. To friend a<br />
person is merely to include the<br />
person in our private hall of<br />
flattering mirrors.”<br />
~Jonathan Franzen<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Tiffany Wang, Parsons the New School for Design<br />
STYLING<br />
Emily Cavagnaro<br />
Costanza Resiser<br />
Rishabh Manocha<br />
MODEL<br />
Stephanie Borboa<br />
ADDITIONAL CREDIT<br />
LEATHER SPONSORSHIP :<br />
LINEAPELLE X PARSONS<br />
ADDRESS<br />
105 W 29th Street 37A<br />
New York, NY, USA 10001<br />
ONLINE PORTFOLIO<br />
joan-dominique.com<br />
contact@joandominique.com
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