LOVE THY ENEMY, the inaugural couture collection by
@state.dpt , is a sharp reckoning with the Neo-European zeitgeist.
★★★
The collection exhumes long-buried grievances of self-perceived civilizational misalignment, examining the crossroads where the chief architects of modern conflict now stand. Indecisive between the embrace of globalisation and a long-held history of empirical dominance, open arms may still squeeze you to death. Blood-soaked alliances, divisive politics, and a new-age militantism grip the continent like a fever. Yet, those who call it home span much further and wider than the century we left behind.
What happens when the home you escaped to begins fostering the rhetoric of the home you left behind? Who will fight these wars? For whom will these wars be fought?
LOVE THY ENEMY is a letter of resignation. A punitive discharge from an industrial complex that emboldens the few at the expense of the many. It is a textile-based proclamation that simply says, I am too big for your wars.
★★★
Creative Direction:
@____graves &
@fragmentedfaces
Production:
@____graves
Styling:
@____graves &
@jonathanfaems
Photography:
@fragmentedfaces
Garment Designer:
@jonathanfaems
Model:
@thatguymo_ 
