Invasion in Fashion
by Kuss Indarto (GO Art Space, Surabaya, 25 June until 8 July 2011) The general understanding of fashion is always founded upon “mode”, the newest way to get dressed, to be up to date and to follow the latest trends. Fashion or mode is the popular fashion style in a culture. The development of the understanding of fashion is much wider than clothing, it also includes things like cuisine, language, art, architecture, sports, games and other lifestyles. The problem with style (which includes fashion or mode) is that it has always changed rapidly and dynamically. The etymological root of the word fashion (from language structure) comes from the Latin word factio which means “to make” or “to do”. From this word the public took the word faksi, which means “group” in technical political terminology. Another word that the word “fashion” is derived from is facere which means “to make” or “to do”. Because of that, the real word “fashion” became the term to describe any activity. So, fash...