This is going to sound terrible... Like so effed up but the buzzed hair and torn shirt (ignoring the skirt) was like some concentration camp realness I was not here for. I liked the first look ken gave ava. Sorry.... My husband loves wwii and we watch a lot of documentaries on it.
Just going to rattle this off because I was super engaged in the first conversation at the very beginning (yes content! yes high quality!): styling an outfit paired with designing processes like designing the silhouette, having a colour palette, altering the shape of the clothes with pins or folding or layering is art so, like, a sketch or a sculpture. On the other hand, styling an outfit devoid of any designing processes - take that one viral video of a girl in Paris with like $1400s worth of Gucci and a BT21 shirt who looked totally underwhelming- is more expression than art, so, like, a doodle during math class/making maquettes/"behind the scenes" practise-makes-perfect work. Its art, it's still a craft of some sort, but if we're splitting hairs it's preliminary drafts that you need to work on continually to make it your own. Me copying the PowerPuff Girls jpegs on my computer in the 90s wasn't the same as drawing komiks a few years later where I shared stories about my best friend and I playing to readers. The only thing is that like. It sucks to start acting like styling is the same as curing cancer, when you're just making clothes. Like being a talented dresser is cool and creating trends in fashion is literally part of a collective identity but how we dress is like language🗣 its mutable as fýůck nd being a pedant or a gatekeeper does a disservice to newbies and holds them back; its got the deleterious effect of like... being the opposite of inspiration. Acting like clothes are something divine gifted to peasants who dont have the chops and never will unless they go to authoritative frameworks/institutions where standards get handed out to them so that poor people have barriers put up in front of them is just. Ew. So I want to bookmark this thought with the statement that I think whether it's styling or just tasteful dressing its all still broadly the same **cking thing, regardless of hairsplitting
Warden: "Fingers are clicked....I AM HERE FOR THE PARTHEEEEEEEEYYYYYY" Also... strict male/female social clothing laws were introduced by the Victorians not so long ago....before that pink and baby blue weren't male/female colors, because baby boys and girls would wear the same clothing. Skirts/dresses weren't only a 'women's' thing (Just have a look at Scottish and Celtic clothing). I can tell you I'm so happy with Kennen's channel breaking out of this 'social imprisonment' of what one needs to wear, because of their assumed gender. I identify with Kennen I think...I'm a masc gay guy who likes to wear high heals and a small amount of makeup and I'm not afraid to show that! Ava is super awesome in this video and a rolemodel for a lot of people watching and subscribed to her....she just is herself to the max. I really know the feeling of being totally alienated and uncomfortable in some kinds of clothes, but really Ava: You looked damn fucking cool in all of them Thank you ever so much for this wonderful video!
I believe that art is just when method is paired with creativity. When it comes to things like painting and even music there are set structures. Notes and bars and things to learn. Like in dance. The method of the moves, the choreography paired with your expression/ creativity makes you an artist.
Skill is required for Art to exist and everyone can learn to be an Artist through the practice of skillwork. Without the skill to master your craft then it deteriorates and becomes stagnate and devoid of growth. Artistic mastery is not simply the state of pure talent. It is the understanding and practice of skill to rule over the domain and framework of said the artistic expression.
6:07 that's a big same. I adore dresses and maxi skirts, but I really hate... being perceived as feminine. It makes me feel... /wrong/. Dysphoric, even though I was born female? I don't like people commenting on it being "girly" (which they do) because it makes me literally want to rip my skin off. I don't want that. I just want to be me in a dress, and that's it.
from boy george on his day off to 80s Taiwanese gangster to slums of the matrix/every holocaust ever to asian grandma on an acid trip. My head is spinning. No lie, the last outfit was exactly that. Because older grannies will wear their rhinestoned, mismatched clothing from 1999, wal-mart No Boundaries days with printed leggings and long white socks in black clogs with the red stitch lining. this is wild.
Stereotyping who a woman or a man is, a wrong thing to do, which needs to be removed. Man this is such a old thing. I sometimes feel why do people need to do it and feel like asking them to shut their mouth up and some other times, I am like mleh... Whatever. It's difficult to change a person's view on this. A person can be there way he or she wants to be, opinions thrown to the dustbin. Best solution.
So into this series. As a budding fashionista, these vids are giving me inspiration for new looks and the raw conversations about gender expression and the different perspectives are super intriguing. Quality content, Ken!
I would like to also see the outfits on the person who chose them, even if it's just a picture! But seeing how the one who chose it rocks the outfit would be interesting!
I really like the playing games and interview section at the start of this vid, I hope you keep that going forward! I’m really liking this series and can’t wait for the next one!
The second look ava gave ken makes him look like a Midwestern factory worker. Like that working class dude that needs some strong coffee to deal with the winter of 89/90. I find this theory more plausible since ava is from Chicago (I think) and she probably saw guys like him growing up.
