Avante garde fashion often relies on layering and playing with volumes in order to create an alternative look one way this can be done is by layering with shirts the collars often add volume to the look and also create the illusion of layering even if there is not a layer.
“The point of avant-garde fashion is not to show off the body, in the way that mainstream fashion does, but rather to make an object of art out of it, through the sculptural elements of the garments” – (Gongini 2021)
This infographic relates to this avante garde idea as it solely focuses on the collars within the images as in the (fashion) whilst eradicating the head and body of the drawing wearing it. This highlights the importance of the fashion itself.
Within this infographic small images are ordered and labeled in order to present visual information and an explanation of a variety of different traditionally “female” collars this relates to Tufte’s theory of small multiples that there is a
“comparison of small multiples as positioning similar chunks of visual information within the physical parameters of the viewer’s glance. Constancy of design between small multiples with limited variables allow the viewer to perceive and understand the differences between similar visual graphics” Tufte (1990)
The images are all visually similar as they all have the same base (same neck) wearing each collar and are all positioned lined up next to one another to make an obvious statement that they are visually similar. However due to each collar being different we can see straight away the point the image is trying to make that these are a range of different collared styles even if we couldn’t understand the writing. The colours are also kept at a minimum and are the same throughout in order to create the alignment of colours and keep the images visually similar so the attention is drawn to the differences of the collars.
References:
Infographic: Images.app.goo.gl. 2021. Google Image Result for https://i.pinimg.com/474x/56/a0/06/56a006f855de6a689bbde2b3ac42a039.jpg. [online] Available at: <https://images.app.goo.gl/xkmNX29ZUbTbFwXQA> [Accessed 16 November 2021].
Edward Tufte: Tufte. E.R., 1990. Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press. (pp. 81-93).
Article: Barbaraigongini.com. 2021. HOW TO DRESS AVANT-GARDE: WHAT GOES INTO AN OUTFIT. [online] Available at: <https://barbaraigongini.com/universe/blog/how-to-dress-avant-garde-what-goes-into-an-outfit/> [Accessed 16 November 2021].