Episode 39: Hoover Chung: Fashion, Gender, and Art versus Design Debate

The fashion designed Hoover Chung speaks to Resident Philosopher Carolina Flores  about his interest in gender-fluid fashion. He points out that it's not just feminine clothing on men's body, but it is something that "we are all experimenting with". RP Flores asks Hoover if he thinks that because fashion is consumed and worn by people, is it the case that clothing and garments have a special potential to transgress our notions of gender? He agrees, but continues by commenting on the anti-individual conservatism that is at the heart of fashion today because marketing teams and business teams are running things. What then, PR Flores asks, is the distinctions between art and design? Hoover states that art is often, much like design, a commodity.Support the showWebsite: talkpopc.orgInstagram: @talkpopcEmail: [email protected]