Rethinking haute couture: Julien Fournié in the virtual worlds of the metaverse
Rethinking haute couture: Julien Fournié in the virtual worlds of the metaverse
This article deals with the concept and practice of haute couture, of the designing and making of high-quality fashion clothes, and haute couture’s contemporary engagement with the virtual worlds of the ‘metaverse’, a shared virtual environment that features online gaming and augmented reality. The article is an encounter with these virtual worlds, particularly as they are manifested in the haute couture of the French haute couturier Julian Fournié. To understand Fournié’s haute couture, and thus to build a foundation for an interpretation of his most important fashion ideas, it is argued that researchers need to explore Fournié’s engagement with virtual worlds and augmented reality from the perspective of German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological explanation of thinking and rethinking, and then at how Fournié develops and revises the meaning of haute couture.
Julien Fournié, haute couture, metaverse, rethinking, thinking, virtual worlds
129-146
Armitage, John
19639b0b-0399-4dc6-9369-4d8c1ed77480
May 2023
Armitage, John
19639b0b-0399-4dc6-9369-4d8c1ed77480
Armitage, John
(2023)
Rethinking haute couture: Julien Fournié in the virtual worlds of the metaverse.
French Cultural Studies, 34 (2), .
(doi:10.1177/09571558221109708).
Abstract
This article deals with the concept and practice of haute couture, of the designing and making of high-quality fashion clothes, and haute couture’s contemporary engagement with the virtual worlds of the ‘metaverse’, a shared virtual environment that features online gaming and augmented reality. The article is an encounter with these virtual worlds, particularly as they are manifested in the haute couture of the French haute couturier Julian Fournié. To understand Fournié’s haute couture, and thus to build a foundation for an interpretation of his most important fashion ideas, it is argued that researchers need to explore Fournié’s engagement with virtual worlds and augmented reality from the perspective of German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological explanation of thinking and rethinking, and then at how Fournié develops and revises the meaning of haute couture.
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Published date: May 2023
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Julien Fournié, haute couture, metaverse, rethinking, thinking, virtual worlds
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