Theme of the Week · No. 2

@shasa wins MONOLITH

  1. 1One thing, before it becomes many.
  2. 2More ideas do not make a stronger idea.
  3. 3A mountain needs no explanation.
Winning outfit by @shasa
Ethereal Flow in Monochrome White@shasaRome, Italy

Colors

  • Ecru#FDF9EF
  • Wheat#EEDC9A

Aesthetic composition

Subjective; contextual

MONOLITH ran from Sep 8 to Sep 14. Members entered 807 outfits, 20 reached the final and 350 votes were cast. @shasa, posting from Rome, Italy, won with 51 votes, 14 ahead of @npc_01.

MONOLITH moodboard, image 1 of 3
MONOLITH moodboard, image 2 of 3
MONOLITH moodboard, image 3 of 3

The Brief

What is a monolith?

One answer is that it is one thing. A single block. A form with no visible parts.

But this is already strange, because almost nothing is really one thing. A building has doors, windows, rooms. An outfit has garments. We understand things by breaking them apart.

A monolith refuses this. It gives you nothing to separate. There are no details that explain the whole. It simply stands there, complete and convinced of its completeness.

The monolith does not ask to be understood. It does not need ten good ideas. It has one idea, and insists on it completely.

So this week, the question is simple: can an outfit do the same?

The other finalists

Finalist outfit by @npc_01
@npc_01Taiwan
Finalist outfit by @williams
@williams
Finalist outfit by @pikapolca
@pikapolcaUnited States
Finalist outfit by @cinssc
@cinsscBrazil
Finalist outfit by @acciosofia
@acciosofiaMexico
Finalist outfit by @lera86
@lera86Ukraine
Finalist outfit by @gustavovallenilla
@gustavovallenillaVenezuela
Finalist outfit by @xiiiribbit
@xiiiribbitPhilippines
Finalist outfit by @mihcacho
@mihcachoUnited States
Finalist outfit by @hara1ta
@hara1taJapan
Finalist outfit by @vogologo
@vogologo
Finalist outfit by @chert
@chertRussia
Finalist outfit by @elkikojones
@elkikojonesSpain
Finalist outfit by @sabii
@sabiiThe Netherlands
Finalist outfit by @shedondon
@shedondon
Finalist outfit by @matsu_makoto
@matsu_makotoJapan
Finalist outfit by @yeng
@yengUnited States
Finalist outfit by @ken_to_take
@ken_to_takeJapan
Finalist outfit by @mxmdz16
@mxmdz16Argentina

Results are the final tallies recorded when each week closed. Finalists whose outfit has since been made private or deleted are not shown.