It could be that female designers have a particular privilege: they are allowed to use their own bodies as a field of research..

The greatest achievement of contemporary fashion may well be that every brand has become convinced of the importance of having its own voice. The results are remarkably similar. Every story is carefully told, every collection has a purpose and every garment promises longevity. Sustainability has become a simulacrum. One almost begins to miss vanity. 

At a time when “time is out of joint” - as Hamlet would say to his audience - and a time when history is the leisure of the privileged, JANUE considers a different approach: distinguishing between three different steps of organizing the history of a house.