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Nicomede Talavera SS10: Film, Futurism, Fashion
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Nicomede Talavera is a Central Saint Martins BA Menswear Fashion Design Student. See his spring/summer 2010 collection. It is a collection influenced by Futurism, and silent film.
Nicomede Talevera was inspired by the photodynamism of the Anton Giulio Bragaglia and Arturo Bragaglia's 1911 portrait Searching and Slap. This is a Futurist work of Art.
This Futurist work of Art showcases movement. The movement and dynamism of the subject in Searching and Slap determined which garments Nicomende would use to illustrate the energy filled expressionism, of Searching and Slap.
The collection also has a very sporty 20's aesthetic and the fabrics used are representative of this, with neoprene jackets and bottoms, nylon shirts and shorts and tyvek tshirts. This is very 20's in feel and concept, and the hair on his models, sleek, combed back, is like the hair worn by Ramon Navarro, silent movie star of the 20's. Black shoe polish was used in lie of gel is by men in silent films of the 20s.
The color gradation in some of the shirts also mimics the dynamism of the portrait Searching and Slap, and the futurist's technique of photodynamism. The pink short sleeved shirt incorporates color gradation. This mimics the time elapsed imagery of the Futurist work of Art Searching and Slap.
Human hair and metal bolt accessories in some of the designs in Nicomede Talavera's collection allow the wearer to constantly project movement and give the clothes a surreal quality, while rabbit fur and neoprene hats complement the futurist feel which he is referencing in his collection.
Futurist art and theory was formulated by Fillipo Marinetti who wrote the Futurist Manifesto in 1909. It promoted and advanced the idea of technology, and specifically speed, and a fascination with the new technology such as the car, as an implement to improve mankind and advance society. The Futurists were an avant-garde movement founded in Italy. The New Wave, as it was also called was the new political movement in Europe which grew out of this futurist cultural phenomena. This fascination with speed, and movement. The futurists believed in improving/advancing society through new technology. It later was referenced by the Fascists who incorporated its ideas to promote their corrupt political platform, which also emphasized speed, and power or dynamism.
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