Shopping has never really been my cup of tea, generally not a fan, so when I first heard we were performing in a shop my thoughts immediately went to retail and it’s safe to say I was not overly enthusiastic. However, when I was younger I was introduced to something called “Bin Bag Fashion”. The idea was to use bin bags and other bits of rubbish to make clothes, often to a set challenge. I’d always found this fun as a child and thought we could recycle the idea and dress ourselves in this Bin Bag Fashion and stand about the shop as human mannequins. We could invite the audience to observe the ludicrous clothing and in turn question the current standards of what is considered “fashionable” and “cool” whilst testing our creative sense in more than just performance.
“I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.”
— Alexander McQueen
Bin Bag Fashion Fig. 1