Monday , November 16, 2009
Muse of the Season: Aeon Flux? (i.e. A Totally Geeky Entry)
I was flipping through all the runway pictures from the recent fall seasons, wondering why I was feeling super-excited about a lot of the shows. Then I realized: it's all so Aeon Flux-y! Aeon Flux, of course, being the animated anti-heroine of the cult MTV series about a deadly assassin and her various adventures. Created by the brilliantly twisted Peter Chung and resembling a sci-fi Helmut Newton girl channeling both Egon Schiele and Star Trek, Aeon was known for her powers of seduction, coupled with an equally strong appetite for destruction and a penchant for wearing very little but fetish-y black leather:
She was recently incarnated by Charlize Theron in an unfortunate attempt to translate the brilliant cartoon into a live-action film:
And now "Aeon Flux" is popping up all over the runways for fall. Take for instance this look from Yves Saint Laurent: I could so easily see a Breen wearing this! (Those who aren't sci-fi nerds like myself, Bregna is the totalitarian country frequently infiltrated by Aeon, who lives across the border in Monica -- a way more anarchic, sexier place. The Breens are ruled by Trevor Goodchild -- Aeon's enemy and sometimes her lover. Don't ask, just live it.)
When one thinks "sci-fi" and "fashion," one also thinks of Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere, who could also outfit a whole nation of Breens with his recent fall collection.
Of course, one cannot forget the Goth samurai robots at Gareth Pugh. These clothes are straight outta Monica:
And these weird head thingies at Junya Watanabe totally reminded me of the aliens at the end of the series. Here is Junya Watanabe:
And here are those aliens:
What do you think? Of course, it makes me sad that you won't get this entry if you haven't seen the show, so take a peek at one of the original Liquid Television shorts here to catch a glimpse of the weird, warped, perverse world of Aeon:
And you can download more story-centric full-length episodes of the series at Amazon! Technology is so good sometimes.
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