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Hippolyte Laporte

Hippolyte Laporte

Behind Curtains

Name(s)

Hippolyte Laporte

Website(s)
Instagram

@hippolyte_lprt

Employment

100% Fashion student, Geneva

Education

Bachelor, Fashion design and accessories, HEAD, Geneva, 2024

Title

Behind Curtains

Year of creation

2024

Place of creation

Geneva

Context of creation

Diploma, Bachelor, Fashion and Accessories Design, HEAD, Geneva, 2024

Collaborators

Vanessa Schidler, Alexandre Haefeli

Item(s) shown

Clothes, dummies, printed pictures

Dimensions

2000 × 4000 × 2000 mm

Formats/Duration
Material(s)

 Silk chiffon, organza, nylon tulle, metal wire

Material supplier(s)

The collection Behind Curtains emerges from a profound reflection on virility, its glorification and its fetishisation. Taking male striptease—a practice that subverts norms by positioning the male body as an object of desire—as a starting point, it simultaneously perpetuates and amplifies gendered domination through the roles performed, the choreography, the movements and the interactions with the audience.

The five looks draw inspiration from virile stereotypes such as the biker, the soldier and the lumberjack, figures often caricatured in male striptease. These archetypes are softened by elements borrowed from female striptease and burlesque. By reversing the male gaze, this collection underscores the performative and artificial nature of virility, whether on stage or in everyday life.

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