Sunday , June 13, 2010
Too UFC For You: The First Assignment
Laura Jane's Ultimate Fashion Challenge (tm) proved to be so fun AND enlightening AND amusing AND intense that it is such a shame to see it end. Who knew that fashion could be the jumping-off point for a conceptual art experiment that altered the way one consumed and related to clothing? Who knew that the UFC would be as entertaining and avant-wack as it was? (Actually, we all knew -- LJ has a way of making EVERYTHING entertaining and avant-wack.) So we sat down (or flopped, or sprawled, or whatever) and thought about how to keep the UFC spirit going -- without making LJ do another sartorial equivalent of an endurance race. We also thought about how innately awesome the Beautifully Worn art show we curated was, and how we could share that spirit to the larger Web audience. We also thought about how the Fashion Industrial Complex (tm) fosters this intensely neurotic way of relating to the daily necessity of wearing clothes and how both the UFC and Beautifully Worn were about intensely personal ways of wearing clothes and how this was all a good and true thing.
What was the solution? Since we believe here at nogoodforme that:
(1) fashion should be inclusive and groovy;
(2) how real people wear clothing is infinitely more interesting than anything;
(3) making up outfits can be a way to stimulate creativity and spur imaginative flights of fancy and thinking rather than just announcing your coolness, status or power in the world;
(4) ACTIVE IS BETTER THAN PASSIVE;
We therefore decided to extend the UFC to everyone. That's right: YOU CAN BE YOUR OWN ULTIMATE FASHION CHAMPION.
Do not fear: this DOES NOT mean we will make you wear every single item of clothing that you own. No. This will not happen. Instead, this will be the drill:
1. We will ANNOUNCE an "assignment." This assignment will be related to outfits, fashion and clothing. This assignment will be small in scope and easy to complete. It should only involve one outfit. This assignment should also be fun and flexible.2. If you so choose, you can COMPLETE the assignment through the various options given: usually this involves emailing us a picture and/or some words, but you can also post results in your own blog.
3. Assignments will be DUE by the first of the following month.
4. Sometime after that, we will COMPILE the results into one giant mega-report post to share all your beautiful ingenuity and creativity in one place.
Since this is all an experiment, we have no idea how it will pan out, but at the very least: we all at nogoodforme will be doing this. But we encourage everyone to do it! Because, dudes, fashion is not a spectator sport! Don't hate, participate! It's more fun when it's everyone!
AND NOW THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Recreate or reinterpret a favorite outfit from when you were half your age now (i.e., if you're 28, recreate/reinterpret your favorite outfit from when you were 14.) Wear this for one day and record how it felt to be wearing this outfit. Why was it your favorite? What is different about wearing this outfit now? What is similar? Or has nothing changed?
Due: December 1, 2008
Send: words and/or a picture to ngfm.ufc (at) gmail (dot) com. OR: feel free to post this in a blog entry of your own. Send us a link to your blog entry at the aforementioned email address and we will link to you when we do the report by mid-December.
And remember: HAVE FUN.
Need inspiration? See:
Blow it up and make it a poster, yo!
Tags: Fashion Industrial Complex, fashion is a participatory sport, Ultimate Fashion Challenge
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While it is indeed true that you can all be your own ultimate fashion champion, I need to put it out there that I am the ORIGINAL ULTIMATE FASHION CHAMPION.
and don't you forget it!!!!
By Laura on November 17, 2008 5:35 PM
wow! i love that!
i would love to go along but because i'm only 18 it will be a little odd but i will try ghehe.
love your site keep it up!
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By nikkie on November 18, 2008 9:20 AM