[Meta] Kurt's pants today

[misqueue]

More of my half-baked Kurt's wardrobe symbolism meta. Kurt is wearing these shark tooth print pants on his way to work at Vogue. I'm amused because today kicks off Shark Week on Discovery. But it's a strong symbol for Kurt. Sharks & their teeth are a masculine/warrior/power/authority kind of symbol/totem. Kind of tribal, even. So Kurt's dressed for battle, in a sense. There's also, I think, an element of renewal & resilience inherent in the symbol. Sharks shed and regrow their teeth constantly throughout their life.

Sharks also are associated with water--as are hippos, and in another shot from the shoot, you can see Kurt has his hippo head brooch on his jacket, so we have two water symbols--which tends to indicate some kind of deep emotional delving/journey.

ETA: poking about a bit further indicates sharks convey emotional control and focus. Hippos are more with the emotional delving, journeying, creation, healing, et al..

Comments

[likeasouffle.livejournal.com]

Oooh I love it!

[misqueue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm thinking this may be Kurt at his most literally fierce for a first day at Vogue, hence the need for power & focus. And it's a new dream so we get renewal too. As for the warrior aspect, I wonder what conflict he may be anticipating? Or perhaps he's been reading Sun Tzu again and in NY he is aiming for victory, whereas in Lima he was more just trying to survive (be invincible): "Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack."