{"id":21868,"date":"2024-09-23T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=21868"},"modified":"2024-09-24T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:08:51","slug":"design-conjecture-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/design-conjecture-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Conjecture: Bigfoot on the Runway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Above: Moodboard for Bigfoot inspired runway collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above: Collage and sketch of a runway look. Look features deer pelt dress, horse hair shrug, and boots with clear acrylic foot-shaped soles intended to stamp the ground with footpritnts as the model walks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Bigfoot on the Runway” is a balance between gimmick and authenticity. In an interview with ODNR Historical Programs Administrator Phil Hutchinson, who grew up in Southeastern Ohio, Phil states that \u201cThe Appalachian identity is a manufactured identity, but it\u2019s still an identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This collection explores the manufactured side of the Bigfoot and Appalachian identity through trashy and campy imagery. This coincides with the deeper generational connections Southeastern Ohioans have with nature and folklore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Bigfoot myth originated in Western America, there have been 3 alleged sightings of Bigfoot in Salt Fork State Park (Bigfoot 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Wong Foo<\/em> is a movie about bringing campy spectacle to a rural community, and how that social disruption brought people together. The literal making of the film, the spectacle of Hollywood in rural America, did something similar for the people of Loma, Nebraska. High production runway fashion would be a spectacle in Southeastern Ohio. There is no Southeastern Ohio fashion hub that a runway could be critically presented to, but the relationship people of Loma have with the filming of To Wong Foo<\/em> shows suggests that rural Ohioans are capable of commenting on pop culture, especially if it is a reflection or even misrepresentation of their own identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To bring runway fashion to rural communities is to confront notions that rural Ohioans exist in isolation from larger culture, that they only have political values. From Roger May’s Looking at Appalachia<\/em>, we know these notions along with other stereotypes might be true, but there isn’t just one truth (Nunes 2017). May chooses to expand and complicate the Appalachian identity through crowdsourced photo collections. I’d like to build on May’s strategy by arguing that because Appalachia has a history of being misrepresented in photography, other visual mediums, such as runway fashion, are necessary to account for more nuanced Appalachian identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bigfoot on the Runway” doesn’t directly do much to mitigate waste other than locally sourcing materials and processes, or using upcycled, deadstock, or recycled materials. However, it does demonstrate that social, political, economic, and environmental values can intersect in contribution to the Appalachian identity, which is different from placing sustainable messaging on top of an existing culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>Bigfoot Sasquatch footprint casting. https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/795814200\/bigfoot-sasquatch-footprint-casting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/sup>Patterson, R. (1967). Still from Patterson-Gimlin Film<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/sup>NITEHAWK Kids\/Childrens Woodland Camo Camouflage Ghillie Burlap Suit. https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Nitehawk-Childrens-Woodland-Camouflage-Ghillie\/dp\/B07BTG18CC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/sup>Oettinger, B. (2014). Chloros Apron [Grasses, silk (raw and fabric), beeswax, thread]. https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/21315657\/Chloros-Schuerze-Chloros-Apron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/sup>Oettinger, B. (2014). Chloros Apron [Grasses, silk (raw and fabric), beeswax, thread]. https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/21315657\/Chloros-Schuerze-Chloros-Apron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6<\/sup>Genuine Axis Deer Hide Second Grade- Naturally Sourced #279-G. https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/1631618338\/genuine-axis-deer-hide-second-grade?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=fallow+deer+hide&ref=sr_gallery-1 7&frs=1&sts=1&content_source=6b84ebd9fa314bd70e171d0289c8c213b18f6da7%253A1631618338&organic_search_click=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/sup>Dsquared2 Fall 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8<\/sup>Dextras, N. (2019). Laura [Photograph of skeletonized Laurel leaves, Birch bark, Deer skin, fabric, ice]. https:\/\/nicoledextras.com\/portfolio\/frozen-textiles\/iceshifts\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9<\/sup>Hammond, V. (2006). The Great Memory [Relief printed Litho on handmade Kozo paper, glass beads, thread]. https:\/\/littlejohncontemporary.com\/valerie-hammond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10<\/sup>Charlie Le Mindu Womenswear AW10. Photography Saga Sigurdardottir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/sup>Hunt, B. (1995). Root Dress [Plasma-arc cut steel]. Collection Winnipeg Art Gallery. https:\/\/barbhunt.ca\/2021\/01\/14\/sewing-with-fire\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benes, R. (2014, March 24).\u00a0When John Leguizamo Fixed Up My Hometown<\/em>. Esquire; Esquire. https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a28046\/to-wong-foo-loma-nebraska\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bigfoot-like creature spotted at Salt Fork State Park in Ohio, men claim<\/em>. (2020, February 10). The Enquirer. https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2020\/02\/10\/bigfoot-grassman-in-ohio-creature-spotted-in-salt-fork-state-park\/4712106002\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nunes, M. (2017, November 17).\u00a0Ways of Unseeing: Crowdsourcing the Frame in Roger May\u2019s Looking at Appalachia<\/em>. Southern Spaces. https:\/\/southernspaces.org\/2017\/ways-unseeing-crowdsourcing-frame-roger-mays-looking-appalachia\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May, R. (2021). Looking at Appalachia [Photography]. https:\/\/lookingatappalachia.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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