Fashion: yay or nay?

[IcyPeas]

Yulia Yanina is a Russian fashion designer

What the fuck even.

— Julie the Cranky Crone (@juliethecranky.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T01:44:54.543Z

[Emile]

1. Where would a woman wear that?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Any place where she can get a lot of attention.

[Emile]

3. She would definitely get noticed, lol.

[Irish_Dem]

5. The designer wants attention too.

Mission accomplished.

[2naSalit]

4. Under...

Some other clothes or bed sheets?

[GreenWave]

8. Perhaps on her body??

[PJMcK]

6. Huh?

[Donkees]

7. Soviet Fashion Show (1985, USA)

[Emile]

9. I don't remember that commercial, lol.

[Donkees]

12. They had another Soviet ad for the Olympics ...

[IcyPeas]

13. Oh my!

In the description for that video it says:

Rumor has is this ad was banned for being offensive. However, this was not the only spot to poke fun at Soviet Russia at the time. Directed by Joe Sedelmaier.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. We used to do our own parodies of Russian stuff

on CB Radio back then. That ad provided a lot of comedic fodder.

_{Or mudder i forget.}

[TommyT139]

10. Clever juxtaposition of eggplant emojis and

...nudity.

As to where someone would wear this? It's couture, a concept piece, so it works anuwhere someone might want to highlight a provacative piece designed to elicit discussion.

As has happened here, sorta!

[Irish_Dem]

14. Exactly, you are right on.

I like the dress as well.
Cleverly done.
Visually nice.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Tommy are you in fashion design?

You sound like you have training and experience in the field.

[TommyT139]

22. Merely as an avocation.

It's an art form that can sneak into public discourse in ways other arts can't. Take for instance the Melania "I don't care do you" jacket, or AOC's "Tax the rich" Met Gala dress, two examples familiar to DU'ers.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Same here, but I bow to your superior knowledge.

I have often thought DU needs a fashion forum.

[TommyT139]

24. Aw shucks

Just from browsing magazines, thinking carefully, watching Project Runway, and reading Vanessa Friedman of the NYT, who often discusses the interplay of fashion and politics.

And, I suppose, participating in a subculture where what you wear communicates who you are, what you want, who you want to do things with, etc etc.

[Irish_Dem]

28. In Freudian theory, everything we say, do, wear etc., is an expression of self.

I have degrees in psychology and political science.
And love high fashion. So yes it is interesting.

I will go read VF.

[FirefighterJo]

11. Yay

I hope one day we can go back to the garden. Where it doesn't matter if you are male or female. Where it doesn't matter what your age is. Where it doesn't matter what your gender is. Just respect.

[Croney]

16. I love it! I own this very thing!

(In vegetable form). Picked yesterday from my garden. Cooking today. I would cook in that dress, I love it!

[Emile]

17. Wow, you must be a fashion guru.

[IcyPeas]

18. Nice.

[Donkees]

19. Something to wear to the farmer's market ...

[IcyPeas]

21. Ewww that might smell

[True Dough]

27. And you could wind up with insects

in your naughty-bits!

[Donkees]

32. ''lettuce be lovers ... ''

[True Dough]

33. You-ca-lipped-us

[mwmisses4289]

20. I have ignored fashion since my 20s, when

I realized two things: most fashion is uncomfortable and not designed for real people, and I don't have the right body to wear so called fashionable clothes.

Edited to add: like most so called fashion, definetly a nay. 👎👎👎

[samplegirl]

26. I like fashion

but where the hell would you wear a bunch of eggplants???

[womanofthehills]

30. Lately Amazon has so many super cute kind of boho dresses

But I live in the country with rattlesnakes. I think the last time I wore a dress was about 5 yrs ago for a wedding.

I live outside a small town of about 900 residents. I can’t remember the last time I saw anyone in town in a dress. Skirts occasionally.

Even my daughter and granddaughter- neither one has worn a dress since grade school.

I think the egg plant dress is cool to wear if you are a narcissist at a Hollywood event.

I graduated from Parsons School of Design in graphic design but many of my friends were in the fashion design dept where anything goes. Kamala’s step daughter, Ella Emhoff, went to Parsons and I like the quirky way she dresses.

[underpants]

29. Uh, you all know what eggplants mean in internet parlance right?

I’m sure lots of juvenile fun is being had with her basically wearing a bag of D’s

[LudwigPastorius]

31. At least THAT dress won't attract flies.