Elisabed Amiredjibi
Collection
Bio
Originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, Elisabed Amiredjibi is a designer currently based in New York. Her work explores the cultural and political tensions in her home country Georgia. Referencing traditional and contemporary elements of Georgian culture, Elisabed’s work turns fashion into a platform for protest and resistance through materiality, silhouette, satire, and sartorial metaphors.
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Hair by: @5taaar
MUA: @qetoch
PA: @kena_kumfert
Videographer: @sonisoni50k
Sound Design: @nakashavar @pentairisi
Models: @lizakharabadze @creams.creams
“Fight or Flight” explores Georgian youth culture through forms of protest such as graffiti, satire, and sartorial metaphors. Mixing traditional Georgian dress practices and imprints of the concrete walls of Tbilisi filled with graffiti, the collection reflects the political instability and resistance against a pro-Russian authoritarian regime.
Already actively occupied by Russia, the Georgian government has been steering the country into the direction of authoritarianism. The ruling political party “Georgian Dream” has established laws that severely mimic Russian authoritarian ones, creating the sense that we are actively being sold to our very own colonizer. Daily protests have been going on for over a year.
Already actively occupied by Russia, the Georgian government has been steering the country into the direction of authoritarianism. The ruling political party “Georgian Dream” has established laws that severely mimic Russian authoritarian ones, creating the sense that we are actively being sold to our very own colonizer. Daily protests have been going on for over a year.
Being young means feeling like you have a life ahead of you, a life to look forward to. The reality is very different for the Georgian youth. Our ability to prosper in our own home has been taken away from us, our choice to democratically vote has been taken away from us, our ability to create art that challenges the political reality has been taken away from us, our ability to find a better life elsewhere has been taken away from us.
The future is murky, the prognosis is frightening.
Before you know it, you’re faced with a choice:
Do you fight for change,
Or do you leave your home behind?
The future is murky, the prognosis is frightening.
Before you know it, you’re faced with a choice:
Do you fight for change,
Or do you leave your home behind?
Inspired by traditional Georgian Kinto dancers
