{"id":1355394,"date":"2022-03-02T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355394"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:26:10","slug":"paris-fashion-week-debuts-protection-gear-for-a-world-at-war-the-problem-is-patriarchal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paris-fashion-week-debuts-protection-gear-for-a-world-at-war-the-problem-is-patriarchal\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Fashion Week Debuts Protection Gear for \u2018A World at War\u2019: \u2018The Problem Is Patriarchal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparis-fashion-week-debuts-protection-gear-for-a-world-at-war-the-problem-is-patriarchal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355394&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Paris Fashion Week 2022 continued Wednesday in the shadow of war in the Ukraine, with participants determined to insert themselves into the crisis engulfing global affairs by \u201csubverting the patriarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They did this by adopting sombre tones matched with what a Dior designer called the combination of\u00a0\u201cbeauty and protection\u201d to help shield glum, unsmiling runway models from the predations and \u201cfailings of a male-dominated society.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The collection was prepared long before the Russian military began bombarding Ukraine last week, AFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/dior-unveils-protective-clothing-for-a-time-of-crisis\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Dior\u2019s models sported a range of protective gear \u2014 from shoulder pads to airbag corsets to tops that looked distinctly like bulletproof vests, the French news outlet outlined.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20078490\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20078490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851144-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A model presents a creation with shoulder pads for the Christian Dior Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on March 1, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20078506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20078506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851015-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Models present creations for the Christian Dior Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even before the Russian invasion, \u201cthe world was already at war\u201d, said Chiuri, Dior\u2019s artistic director for women, ahead of the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCovid was another form of war. We have all experienced some very difficult months,\u201d she sighed. \u201cThere is a lot of reflection, in these difficult times, about how to combine beauty, aesthetics and protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20078602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20078602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238851301-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. actress and model Anya Taylor Joy poses for a photocall for the Christian Dior Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection fashion show during Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris. (JULIEN DE ROSA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 58-year-old Italian designer told AFP her latest creations were aimed at finding technical solutions that can be more functional for women\u2019s bodies, although as a self-described committed feminist, Chiuri sees the current crisis in world affairs as further proof of \u201cthe failings of a male-dominated society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is cultural and patriarchal. There must be more women in decision-making positions. There would be fewer wars,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20078538\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238856683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20078538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238856683-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A model presents a sombre creation for the Saint-Laurent Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on March 1, 2022. (JULIEN DE ROSA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The autumn-winter shows were supposed to mark Paris Fashion Week\u2019s return to near-normal, with almost all labels back to holding public events as pandemic restrictions ease across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>But the war in Ukraine has cast a pall on the celebrated event, with organisers issuing a statement on Monday urging all attendees to attend in a spirit of \u201csolemnity\u2026 and in reflection of these dark hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Fashion Week 2022 continued Wednesday in the shadow of war in the Ukraine, with participants determined to insert themselves into the crisis engulfing global affairs by \u201csubverting the patriarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}