S04 Episode 194 | SHAHIDHA BARI, A PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES + HOW SOCIAL DISTANCING IS TRANSFORMING FASHION

<p class=""><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/99761/ConsciousChatter-ShahidhaBari-libsyn.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p class="">In episode 194, Kestrel welcomes Shahidha Bari, author of <em>Dressed: A Philosophy Of Clothes</em>, to the show. A Professor of Fashion Cultures and Histories at the London College of Fashion and a fellow of the Forum for European Philosophy at London School of Economics, <a href="https://www.shahidhabari.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shahidha</a> is dedicated to contributing a discourse around fashion to the philosophy field.</p> <h2>“I feel like there has to be some sort of intellectual, cultural shift about the way that we regard our clothes— the forms of attention we give them — not just in how we buy, but how we think about them as artifacts: artifacts that have passed through many hands before they come to our own and artifacts that are expressive of our humanity.”<br /> -Shahidha Bari, Author of <em>Dressed: A Philosophy Of Clothes</em></h2> <p class="">On this week’s show, Shahidha shares more on her background and how her unique experiences with dressing throughout her childhood along with her synesthesia have influenced the work that she does today.</p> <p class="">While Shahidha was writing her book, <em>Dressed: A Philosophy of Clothes</em>, the Rana Plaza disaster happened. According to her, this garment factory tragedy impacted the book was was writing. For Shahidha, she believes there must be some sort of cultural shift in the way that we regard our garments, and that they warrant dignity as well.</p> <p class="">The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat:</p> <ul> <li> <p class="">Synesthesia: when your sensory faculties can get muddled up — Shahidha has a unique way in which her perceptual factors and memories work where she often associates people and words with color and texture</p> </li> <li> <p class="">“So I lived in a world where the way you existed and moved through the world was shaped by your cl