https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:24:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1942595 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:08:57 +0000 Anonymous 1942595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops not 12 blueprints, truth is beauty is the site </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1942540 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:26:11 +0000 Jane 1942540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>CIndysmith, I was so intrigued I did watch Black Mirror Nose Dive. Oh my goodness - I am still slightly uneasy. I'm with Shevia, the darkish in pastels is definitely scarier. The pastels and spookiness made me think of Tipi in The Birds. It seemed so strange that she clung onto her suit and the elegance of her outfit, despite all the dreadful things happening around. So resolutely not giving in.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1942080 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:50:32 +0000 Cardiff girl 1942080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find what’s going on in your head endlessly fascinating,please post photos if you ever start wearing any of this colour palette.(that’s not meant to sound patronising,it’s a complement ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1942043 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:48:25 +0000 Anonymous 1942043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the volume from the examples would get in the way of your work, practically speaking, but there is something especially eerie about combining dipping dots and dystopia! You may want to check 12 blueprints site, etherial for inspiration too. Maybe etherial + natural. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941954 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:13:38 +0000 Jessikams 1941954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I write sci-fi for fun, and all I can say is, I like the way you think. More dystopian-future navel gazing, it’s always fun to read! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941953 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:10:22 +0000 jussie 1941953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jane, black mirror “nose dive” is a great episode! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941952 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:08:34 +0000 jussie 1941952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Edward scissorhands, Stepford wives and Pleasantville also come to mind.<br /> I’m wondering weather a sweeet pastel outfit with some crazy, dark shoes might be a way to do the look you’re thinking of....? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941926 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:48:44 +0000 Jane 1941926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m going to look up black Mirror, but I think that you have done some good thinking. And good to articulate. Technicolour dystopia sounds good as does anime. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941881 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:31:23 +0000 Jaime 1941881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well first I looked up Black Mirror because the visuals you posted are so intriguing. The Dark Side is even scarier in pastel if you ask me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941849 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 01:03:43 +0000 cindysmith 1941849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, you guys are awesome and amazing! I love the different perspectives, and thank you for the inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941833 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:15:33 +0000 Like the Season 1941833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also on the darker side of dippin' dots: horror films!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941813 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:49:43 +0000 Jenn 1941813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I immediately thought of Nose Dive when I read your title. Also thought of Capitol City in Hunger Games </p> <p>I think you can combine your dippin dots colors with drape and distressing to keep your dystopian aesthetic. Plus, I like the alliteration. Dippin’ Dots Dystopian. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941804 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:17:42 +0000 rachylou 1941804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Takeshi Kovacs’s Hello Unicorn backpack is not to be overlooked!</p> <p>(I think incongruity, surrealism is probably a key component in the formation of a Dippin Dots Dystopian aesthetic.) (Also to be considered: the super sophisticated, lux worlds of cyberpunk and anime are dystopian.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941735 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:42:33 +0000 binkle 1941735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think, generally, "dystopian" is more about the shapes and drapes than the colors. Rick Owens usually goes lighter/dustier for Spring/Summer. In the movie Road Warrior, the good guys were in light colors. I think that could probably be analyzed into a sort of dystopian subculture like Desert Traveller .<br /> <a href="https://goo.gl/images/mqSg6t" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/images/mqSg6t</a></p> <p>Which dystopia we wear is of course totally personal preference! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941731 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:33:53 +0000 LaPed 1941731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Black Mirror is great, and it's true, they do a lot of brights and pastels. Gives it a bit of a retro-futurist vibe. You know, I wonder if we aren't finally getting out from under the aesthetic impact of The Matrix trilogy and re-envisioning our futurism in a brighter palette again. Nothing wrong with dark/urban-industrial futures, but what's the point of fictionalized worlds if they're all the same?&nbsp;And "Technicolor Dystopia" sounds like a good moniker... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-all-dystopias-look-grim-long-navel-gazing#post-1941710 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:14:03 +0000 cindysmith 1941710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been navel gazing again. My inner cynic hasn't quite been able to wrap itself around the dippin dots color palette I've been drawn to lately.</p> <p>Then it hit me. "Black Mirror".</p> <p>Not all dystopias are grim &amp; cheerless. Yes, some dysfunctional future scenarios are very dark &amp; hopeless: Mad Max, The Walking Dead, Altered Carbon, Fringe, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, Colony, 3%, etcetera. </p> <p>However, every coin has another side and that holds true for TV show &amp; movies also. Even some of the grimmer dystopian stuff has a pretty looking surface reality. Altered Carbon has that beautiful utopian sky city that is a perfect contrast to the conditions on the planet below. </p> <p>Black Mirror has really done some interesting stuff; it has several episodes that paint a pretty picture of a future world that technology has made "better". It's not as in-your-face as something like RoboCop, The Walking Dead, and all that other scary stuff. In painting the future so bright and pretty in many episodes, the producers of Black Mirror make the downside of technology appear that much more sinister.</p> <p>And that's how I've finally managed to wrap my inner cynic's mind around the dippin dots color palette. Black Mirror has several episodes that are bright and pleasant looking, most notably USS Callister (1st pic) &amp; Nose Dive (pics 2 &amp; 3)</p> <p>That got me to thinking about designers who create avant garde stuff in a color palette that isn't all black. So much of it could exist in worlds like Black Mirror takes us to.</p> <p>1) Black Mirror, USS Callister<br /> 2 &amp; 3) Black Mirror, Nose Dive<br /> 4) Jeremy Scott having fun with color is a bit alice in wonderland<br /> 5) Jeremy Scott making a statement about becoming slaves to the corporate overlords<br /> 6) Margiela having a "12 Monkeys" moment (the original film, not the new series)<br /> 7) Margiela doing color<br /> 8) Margiela doing something a bit spaceship corporate<br /> 9) Margiela having fun<br /> 10) Rei Kawakubo (a bit of wonderland, perhaps?)<br /> 11) Rei Kawakubo doing some dippin dots<br /> 12) Rick Owens, dirty dystopian<br /> 13) Rick Owen's, a lighter vision<br /> 14) RickOwen's, more dystopia</p> <p>All that navel gazing and collage making to say this:<br /> I think I finally resolved the conflict between my inner cynic &amp; my current obsession with dippin dots colors. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Dystopias can look like Candy Land barfed on them. I may be reading more messaging into these runway shows and clothes than the designers intended. What do you guys think? Are these clothes an omen of a technicolor dystopia in our future? Or is this one of those times when a cigar is just a cigar? </p>