Accessories are meant to complete a look. They protect, hold, shape and support the body.
During my studies at Istituto Marangoni, for the History of Visual Communication course, we were given a brief: Useless Accessories. I developed my own concept from it — Out of Service — and built the five objects the story is told with: a boot, a corset, a bag, an umbrella and a bucket hat, each one made in metal.
From the concept and the objects to the styling, the casting and the final edit, I directed the project. We shot it inside a working factory, against a hyper-feminine figure.
The factory doesn’t frame the accessories — it mirrors them. Both are systems built for function. And both, in this project, fail.
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