Luvaas: Designer Vandalism

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What does Luvaas mean that cut and paste is a weapon young people use in the struggle over meaning in transnational capitalism culture?

It is a weapon in the way that it is a significant economic force that also influences and makes its way to rockstars and pop culture. It has also democratized the fashion world and is shifting middle class patterns

Describe the lifestyles of most of the indie fashion designers like Hamid despite their position in the Indonesian middle class

Since there was a financial crisis in the 90's, many of the middle class struggled. These designers then came together and shared computers and internet access in order to make a living for themselves. These kids also bough know off brands in order to keep their high class look

What is bricolage? What does the author consider this an appropriate metaphor>

Bricolage is basically taking what you have and making something new out of it. It is all about taking what is available to you and tinkering with it. This is an appropriate metaphor because these kids use what they have (since they no longer have as much money) and make brand new clothes to represent themselves and their generation

Do you consider cut and paste art? What is the opinion of the author?

I consider it more of an art because you're taking something and utilizing it in a different way to represent an artistic image. The author believes that it is a form of art, just like collaging, that is used to construct a diverse imagery that is representative of the youth.

How does Indonesian indie fashion design play this diagnostic role and help identify power, inequality and domination?

this indie fashion has identified power relations between indie brands and the large companies that they source from. This is because the indie companies will never become as big as the mainstream companies . Also, these companies are also dominating the lives of the youth rather than the designers


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