In World 195, the west did not colonize Southeast Asian countries, therefore there is no concept of westernization. In this world, we are redefining contemporary dressing, where the East influences the East, creating cultural hybridity, and eliminating western influence from our practices.
We focus on celebrating cultural differences through a multi-media platform that is innovative and progressive. With Singapore being the fashion capital, Southeast Asian cultures dominate the fashion world.
What if …
instead of France and Europe, fashion revolves around and happens in Southeast Asia?
Issue targeted:
Westernisation
Inspiration:
cultural hybridity
This World was contributed by Alby Amalia Permana, Najja Chaliza Gaswara, Lee Dohyun, Aditi Arjun Nik and Cherlin Faye Valdeavilla (located in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea and India) using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the author and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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