PHOTO: URŠKA PEČNIK
WHY DO WE NOT CELEBRATE BEING DIFFERENT, DEFORMED, UNUSUAL? AND WHEN DID EVERYTHING BECOME THE SAME, SO MONOTONE AND BORING? WHY ARE THINGS PERCEIVED AS UGLY AND WHAT DOES BEAUTIFUL MEAN? HOW CAN WE CHANGE WHAT BEAUTY REPRESENTS IN OUR SOCIETY? IS THE GAP BETWEEN BEAUTY AND UGLINESS, DISGUST AND APPEAL REALLY THAT BIG AND HOW CAN SOMETHING TRAVEL FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER?
TARA LOMBERGAR WAS TRYING TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING HER MASTERS COLLECTION. HER GOAL WAS TO USE DIFFERENT INSPIRATIONS, TEXTURES, SHAPES, MATERIAL MANIPULATION, AND CONCEPTS TO CREATE A COLLECTION OF SHOES WHERE CERTAIN ELEMENTS MIGHT BE A DISTURBANCE TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IN THE END, THE WHOLE BECOMES PLEASANT. SHE WANTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR PERCEPTION AND OPINION ABOUT DISTURBING AND UGLY. IT IS IRONIC AND FUN TO WATCH, AND FASHION SHOULD BE JUST THAT, FUN!
