FASHION-able

It is with great uncertainty we shall now move on and leave room for the examples
and projects where we can see the abstract machine of hacktivism operate. It will
help us see some possible action spaces for fashion. We will have to go far beyond
the recent ”democratization” of fashion. This has only proved to mean that we are
offered more cheap clothes that mainly look the same. This “democratization” is
similar to the possibility to choose between several hundred advertised satellite TV
stations, with the only option to switch off if we do not like any of them. Instead
we must see how we can also talk back, engage at a deeper level, access the channels
and even produce our own programs. We will investigate how engaged fashion can
help the user develop her skills, to put them to use in collaborative ways, and how
this approach effects the role of the designer. It is a designer role that orchestrates
small change, to help people who want to become fashion-able.