Mask, waistcoat, scarf ... A clothing historian deciphers our external signs
Audio 48:30
When the mask becomes a fashion © Nevena1987 / iStock
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
59 min
Yellow vest, sign of social protest in France, green scarf, sign of the fight for the right to abortion in Argentina, red shirt and yellow shirt, symbols of anti and pro monarchy in Thailand ...
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The news is punctuated by these external signs making these clothes and accessories the witnesses of an era.
The year 2020 was no exception with the appearance of masks in our daily lives.
Going out without a mask, would be like going out naked?
How does current events influence our clothing uses?
A fashion historian enlightens us and deciphers these external signs over time.
With:
Denis BRUNA
, fashion historian, chief curator at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, author of
History of fashion and clothing
(Textuel)
At the end of the program, find
Raphaëlle Constant's report
on the recycling of disposable masks.
Two French recycling start-ups GobUse and Fab-Brick are working on a prototype phase to recover the masks and give them a second life.
Report on mask recycling
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