tricotineacetat
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I am really getting sick of people saying that Haute Couture is simply about showcasing raw, conceptual, statement-making clothes that are only meant to provoke extreme reations - either way, you hate it, or you love it.
Some people probably don't remember that in the past, it was simply about private, made-to-measure dressmaking for a handfull of people that could afford it, and it was not only about big dresses but also daytime suits and so on.
In that regard, I have to give Karl Lagerfeld credit for his reality-based, wearable, yet edgy couture collections that show very well what the difference is like between ready-to-wear and couture... it's the craft that matters, it's in every little piece of embroidery and beadwork, hand-sewn armhole etc.
Fashion for me is not an artform, it's applied arts, it's design and design has to function to a certain extent - which most of these clothes from Galliano don't do at all.
Some people probably don't remember that in the past, it was simply about private, made-to-measure dressmaking for a handfull of people that could afford it, and it was not only about big dresses but also daytime suits and so on.
In that regard, I have to give Karl Lagerfeld credit for his reality-based, wearable, yet edgy couture collections that show very well what the difference is like between ready-to-wear and couture... it's the craft that matters, it's in every little piece of embroidery and beadwork, hand-sewn armhole etc.
Fashion for me is not an artform, it's applied arts, it's design and design has to function to a certain extent - which most of these clothes from Galliano don't do at all.