The Original Sin
Adam & Eve After Becoming Aware of the Shame of their Nakedness
While in Europe, I documented depictions I found of Adam and Eve. What began as a passive fascination grew into a mechanism for making sense of the feeling of disconnection from my home country in a time where I felt women’s rights were under threat. I began thinking about how society ended up existing within the patriarchy, and my brain went back to the concept of the “Original Sin”. If man’s fall from grace can be traced back to the first woman, than we will forever be tainted by her unknowingly committed sin.
This was at a time (more context) where I was scared of the idea of losing rights as a woman, while simultaneously feeling incredibly disconnected from my country and its political state because I was an ocean away. I was also taking a trend forecasting class at the time, and in an attempt to make sense of this feeling- I began developing a forecast.
“Non-virgin women are considered "unclean" because men see themselves as the thing that "dirties" a woman. That is why the “Madonna-Whore Complex” exists. When a man is sexually attracted to a woman he has "tainted" her and for that reason cannot respect her enough to marry/have kids with her. Men's attraction to women is partially what makes men hate women. Men see women as inferior so when a woman can elicit desire (and for that reason weakenss) in a man he hates her for it. He hates that he desires a person beneath him. Men can not marry or have kids with someone they deems as beneath them. Hence the trend of men choosing more "palatable" women that they’re not actually attracted to.”
- Paris Mwendwa: Feminist essays on Substack
possible trend forecasting concepts:
-The original sin: homage to Eve as we witness the revocation of women’s rights
—> woman’s “temptation” of men
—> the snakes shedding skin
—> the apple
—> forest elements- garden of eden
—> long, free flowing hair
—> soft, sheer fabrics that elude to bare skin
possible trend forecasting concepts:
-The original sin: homage to Eve as we witness the revocation of women’s rights
—> woman’s “temptation” of men
—> the snakes shedding skin
-etruscan symbol of protection and fertility
—> the apple
—> forest elements- garden of eden
—> long, free flowing hair
—> soft, sheer fabrics that elude to bare skin
bangles or rings with byzantine or serpentine like engravings and large inlaid gems
four leaf clover type cross shape pattern
companies i could see buying into this:
acne studios
charles de vermorin
jewelry companies
reference byzantium- golds, turquoise blues, vibrant dark blues, crispy greens
-scabbard, reference names of parts of swords, bibal verses
dior when under galliano
chanel under karl lagerfeld (snake skin dress textile)
Hermes
Schiaparelli
mugler
alexander mcqueen??
yuima nakazato
Trend Forecast
Here I will explain.
