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Who killed the king?

The Fashion Exhibition Who killed the king? is the conceptual interpretation of a chess game. Eight fashion designers formed a “team” with the common objective of taking the King’s position. Through sculpted black and white dresses (seven figures + the king) the designers had to rethink fashion design, taking away function an thinking of their designs as pure art.

pictured above: the King by Ainek Abreu

In order from left to right, going down: the Queen by Carlos Frank Then; the Bishop I by Juan Pablo Pappaterra; the Bishop II by Carlos De Moya; the Rook I by Matire Cabrera; the Rook II by Laura Guerrero; the Knight I by Belkis Vasquez; the Knight II by Carmen Rincon; showroom floor