The Multiple Functions and Lives of a Textile:

Pliegues Fractales: El poshumanismo en los diseños de Iris van Herpen

“…209-214, figs. 1-12;Borgensperger, 2014). En una economía circular donde se alargaba al máximo la vida de los objetos, estos generaban los mínimos residuos posibles a través de un circuito continuo de reutilización y reciclaje a causa de la limitación de recursos.…”

Num. 39 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2021 – Fasc. 2

“…Valerius, however, envisages Rome's matronae watching outsiders (wives of the Latin allies) 'triumph' over them, as they follow behind (like captives? ): "but, by god, they all (uniuersis) feel grief and resentment, when they see the ornaments taken from them granted to the wives of the Latin allies, when they see them distinguished by gold and purple (insignes eas esse auro et purpura), see them ride through the city (per urbem) 36 Purple cloth was reused and the last use of worn and patched purple cloth removed it permanently from the realm of commodity: it was used as grave-clothes that were burned or buried (Bogensperger 2014). Valerius includes this use in his own list.…”