Poiret x Przywara
Przywara argues that a basic quality of beauty is vulnerability (see his magnum opus, Analogia Entis, Essay 10). Yiqing Yin, the Franco-Chinese head designer at couture house Poiret, plays with this idea in clothing she casts as “supple armour” (https://couturenotebook.com/couture-news/2012/07/20/yiqing-yin-the-interview). Yin is the young but highly esteemed couturier tasked with bringing back House Poiret. …