Free to Wear by Noah Milo
Free to Wear by Noah Milo Jonas "Ghillie Suits" (2018-2020) Fashion as a medium extends further than aesthetic or industry; it is an evolving form of self-expression that converges identity, politics, and law. From unlicensed media to provocative imagery, fashion tests traditional ideas about intellectual property and free speech. In Canada, where freedom of expression is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the tension between free expression and laws are ever-present and clashing. Amid ethical and legal boundaries, fashion provokes it, stretching its borders. Fashion as a medium has the power to embed language, resist oppression, and spark activism. Franceca Capone proposes grounds that weaving fashion is a language with syntax and provides code to this language. Furthermore, Ben Schwartz gives grounds that bootleg fashion is an informal library for the marginalized. This is the basis to consider fashion as language and its use in free speech. Designs like th...
