History has proved that fashion can be a strong vehicle for propaganda.
There are for example very interesting examples of textiles designed by Russian artists that focus on specific themes, from industry to labour, means of transport, sports and the revolution.
If you go to a library and check out the work of Varvara Stepanova and Lyubov Popova you will find fascinating examples of designs for textiles.
The picture illustrating this post refers to a textile from the late '20s-early '30s supporting the campaign against illiteracy and it's particularly interesting because, through a limited use of contrasting colours and through geometric stylised zigzagging lines, it creates perfectly distinguishable figures characterised by dynamism.
Wouldn't it be interesting to use some of the themes that are driving many of us to the streets to join the protests of the "indignados" and reapply them to textile design in a clever and subtle way?
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