Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Exposing John Gonska?

In the previous video, Gonska claims that he is making clothing that supports the male gaze/perceptions over that of the female gaze, which is predominant in the fashion industry. Given the content of this video, is this a good thing?

If the media does indeed perpetuate images of male on male violence, then a clothing line designed by men, for men, who idealize (fetish-ize?) notations of the military (dog tags, used bullets) certainly does provide a set of images and ideals that support a type of heterosexual male on male gaze. Given the strict limitations on gender and individuality within the confines of the military, is this version of menswear a worthwhile ideal?