Hoy os quería contar algo más sobre la colección del próximo verano que ya tenemos lista para su presentación la semana que viene en la Paris Fashion Week.
Se
llama “Bon Sauvage” (Buen Salvaje) y está inspirada en el concepto clásico de Rousseau de que el hombre es bueno por naturaleza y es la sociedad quien lo corrompe haciendo de el un ser
destructivo, violento y egoísta.
La colección sobre todo es un
homenaje a todas esas tribus del planeta que representan esta posibilidad de
imaginar una humanidad más amable y esperanzadora.
Está dedicada a esos “buenos
salvajes” de los que ya hablaba Cristóbal Colón en sus diarios, que describía
de esta forma “son tan despreocupados por sus posesiones, que nadie que no lo
viese con sus propios ojos sería capaz de creerlo”. O a aquellos otros indios
hospitalarios que recibieron a los primeros colonos ingleses, a los que
ayudaron en aquellas nuevas y duras tierras, enseñándoles a sobrevivir,
mostrándoles nuevas especies para cultivar y dónde y cómo cazar y pescar. Esos indios ingenuos y
bondadosos que no sabían que aquellos a los que ayudaban iban a ser sus propios
exterminadores. Benjamin Franklin, gran defensor de la cultura india
norteamericana, comentaba que muchos colonos, ante la bondad de estos salvajes,
decidieron dejar la “civilización” para irse a vivir con los indios, pero que,
por el contrario ”era raro que los indios quisieran irse a vivir entre los blancos”. El "Bon Savauge"
no es un mito, como se intenta justificar frecuentemente sino parte de nuestra
historia. Como la tribu Arapesh, descrita por la antropóloga Margaret Mead, en
cuya cultura pacífica y cooperativa “el único deber que no puede ser olvidado
por nadie es el de cuidar a los niños y a las niñas”.
La colección también está
inspirada en la relación que estas tribus mantuvieron con la naturaleza. Así,
los indios americanos pensaban que la tierra no pertenecía al hombre sino que
eran los hombres los que pertenecían a la tierra, y que intentar poseer la
tierra era como intentar poseer las nubes o el aire o a dios. Esos indios
fueron capaces de lograr, durante generaciones, un equilibrio sostenible con la
naturaleza, tomando de ella solo lo que necesitaban, viviendo muy bien sin
trabajar demasiado, y haciéndose respetables hoy por no haber destrozado su
medioambiente como hemos hecho nosotros.
Y en la imagen os dejo con otro
precioso estampado de Ana Sender para la colección, espero que os guste! Y muy pronto os mostraré las fotos!!
Today I´d like to talk about our next Spring-Summer collection that it is ready to be shown soon at the Paris Fashion Week. The collection is called "Bon Sauvage" and it is inspired in Rousseau´s classic idea of a noble born man that is corrupted by society into a destructive, violent and selfish being.
The collection is upon everything a homage to all the tribes in the planet that represent the possibility to imagine a kind and hopeful humanity. The collection is dedicated to those noble savages Columbus talked about in his diary, savages so "naïve and free with their possesions that no one who has not witnessed them would belive it"; dedicated to those hospitable indians who welcomed the first english settlers in those new and hard north american lands, teaching them how to survive there, sharing all the necessary skills to cultivate the land and showing them the places to fish and hunt. Those gente and naif indians who didn´t know that they were helping out to those that would exterminate them. Benjamin Frankling, a great defender of north american indian culture, said that it was quite frecuent to see whites giving up the advantages of civilization to live among the indians but that the oppsosite was rare. The noble savage is not a myth as many try to argue but part of our history. Like the Arapesh tribe described by Margaret Mead, characterized by a very cooperative and peaceful culture in which the only duty not to be forgotten by any man or woman is the duty of taking good care of children.
The collection is upon everything a homage to all the tribes in the planet that represent the possibility to imagine a kind and hopeful humanity. The collection is dedicated to those noble savages Columbus talked about in his diary, savages so "naïve and free with their possesions that no one who has not witnessed them would belive it"; dedicated to those hospitable indians who welcomed the first english settlers in those new and hard north american lands, teaching them how to survive there, sharing all the necessary skills to cultivate the land and showing them the places to fish and hunt. Those gente and naif indians who didn´t know that they were helping out to those that would exterminate them. Benjamin Frankling, a great defender of north american indian culture, said that it was quite frecuent to see whites giving up the advantages of civilization to live among the indians but that the oppsosite was rare. The noble savage is not a myth as many try to argue but part of our history. Like the Arapesh tribe described by Margaret Mead, characterized by a very cooperative and peaceful culture in which the only duty not to be forgotten by any man or woman is the duty of taking good care of children.
The collection is also inspired in the relationship these tribes had with nature. American Indians used to think that land did not belong to men.On the contrary, they thought men belonged to the land and that trying to own the land was as absurd as trying to own air, clouds or god.Those indians were able to achieve a sustainable relationship with nature during many generations. They took from nature just what they needed, living out of nature very well with no much effort, and making themselves respetable for not having trashed their environment as we have done.
The picture you´ll see below is one of Ana Sender´s print for our collection, hope you like it. Soon we´ll show you more!
7 comentarios:
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Wooow! Me encanta. El matrimonio Ana Sender y La Casita de Wendy siempre funciona. Enhorabuena!
preciosísimo!!
me encanta el tema y la interpretación de Ana, será una colección maravillosa Inés! ^_^ Un abrazo
Muy buen post. Y el estampado precioso.
Muy interesante la idea del buen salvaje. Gracias por contárnoslo porque, aunque conocía el mito, no lo asociaba con vuestra colección, a pesar de que la relación es evidente.
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