TY - BOOK AU - McBride Fodhla TI - A strange beauty; Depression and contemporary culture. [Extended Essay] U1 - Thesis Fashion 04/17 PY - 2017/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick Institute of Technology/Limerick School of Art and Design KW - McQueen, Alexander KW - Depression KW - Fashion KW - Fashion theses KW - Extended essays KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. (Hons) in Fashion Design 2017; Includes bibliographical references and appendices; In this extended essay, I will look at depression as both a disability, and as a form of insight. Looking at how people can, and should be allowed to exist differently in the world without fear of being labelled and stigmatised. I will evaluate the works of artists and designers who use depression as an inspiration for their work, or whose work aesthetically enacts depression. I aim to understand the relationship between poetics and aesthetics, and their relationship with the cultural works explored. By doing so I hope to understand the unlikely relationship between depression and beauty . [Abstract] ER -