Disinformation sees post-truth pariahs manipulate the masses, plunging us back toward pre-enlightenment ideas. Convenience culture demands an underclass of gig-economy workers, as stagnant minimum wages and shrinking streaming payouts compare to modern-day serfdom. Big Tech’s power has undermined traditional democracy, resulting in neo-feudalism. In our quest to understand this movement, a look at the political climate might clear the fog. In perhaps the most ostentatious show of medieval fanfare, Hedi Slimane’s “army of moody princes” invaded the 15th-century Château de Chambord for Celine’s Teen Knight Poem: a courtly fairytale replete with riders on black horses and Celine branded banners. 3D models in combat-ready poses sported knee-high chevalier boots of interlocking plate armor. Demna Gvasalia’s fall collection for Balenciaga was a fully playable fantasy Otherworld, presented in a rendered environment reminiscent of Skyrim. When we look into fashion’s crystal ball, do we see a return to the dark ages forming?Īt Paris Fashion Week, Undercover evoked Throne of Blood, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, as Jun Takahashi rained arrows down on models in padded under-armour and jerkins. “It feels like music is returning to some kind of medieval folk medium where we are bards again, self-promoting in the streets or taking the occasional commission from patrons” Chainmail, plate armor, and fantasy jewellery are iron-hot, with artists like ARCA, Lil Tracy and Caroline Polachek embracing looks straight out of Luc Besson’s 1999 cult-classic Joan of Arc: The Messenger. In response to widespread political dystopianism, we are seeing a resurgence in medieval aesthetics across fashion and music. The utopian dream we were promised has turned into a Neo-Medieval nightmare. No, this isn’t the Black Death and the crisis of the later middle-ages. Popular revolt raged in our cities, suppressed by authorities high on impunity. Society destabilised and shadowy oligarchies grew in influence, eclipsing the power of governments. Plagues ravaged the land as the wealthy lorded over a desperate population. By Edward Hartley Last season was the “winter of our discontent”.
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