“Your gaze hits the side of my coat”
A coat made for a woman by a woman. This garments aim is to conceal and protect ‘her’ from the weather along with a male gaze. The scale of the coat covers areas deemed to be over sexualised such as a woman's breasts. inspired by Barbara Kruger this garment explains how a woman will be protected from the male gaze when wearing it.
Females were asked to wear the garment and describe their experience. One woman said
"although the coat attracted attention due to the sheer scale, it didn't attract any degrading attention from men. I felt comfortable as it covered my breasts and legs which I believe to be sexualised area of my body."
Woman are not alive to be viewed as sexual vessels; They should not feel they cannot liberate and show their bodies without gaining the notion that they will be persecuted by others. The hyperbole presented by this design highlights the issue that some females still feel subverted by being seen as a object rather than a human.
Design - Marina Patalano
Photography - Oksana Peretyatko
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