Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: SqueakyVoice on July 19, 2016, 11:01:23 PM
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A human skin handbag is not fashion – it's a crime
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/jul/19/alexander-mcqueen-human-skin-handbag-tina-gorjanc
Tina Gorjanc is showcasing a proposal to create handbags and other designer accessories from the skin of the celebrated couture designer Alexander McQueen, who died in 2010. Gorjanc has filed a patent for the method that would grow cell cultures from his DNA, extract skin cells, and tan the resulting remake of McQueen’s skin into leather for luxury goods.
Can anyone see anything "criminal" in this? Seems like a perfectly reasonable idea to me.
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Not criminal but somewhat macabre and who knows what it would lead to, especially if there was a sudden demand for human skin handbags? A bit Nazi-ish imo.
Would make a good spoof horror film though, the handbag (made from the skin of an executed serial killer in the US), coming to life and walking away waving its straps as darkness falls. Then opening very slowly to reveal.....aaaargh!
Presumably all germs would be killed so no chance of cross infection. Would the handbags be DNA tested?