Designer & Fashion Insiders Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[lucy92]

Dana Brown has a new memoir out about life at Vanity Fair/Conde Nast entitled Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster. He started as Graydon Carter's assistant and became his deputy.

 

[dior_couture1245]

That they would allow -- and not be upset by such a hilariously sweeping, dismissive statement “Dior Was Part of the Patriarchy. Then She Changed Everything” (LOL) is such a disrespectful slap in the face of the immense talents that carried the brand for decades

If John Galliano's Dior is "the patriarchy," bring it back, baby! I'm all about it.

Honestly, f*ck all this BS. I want great fashion. We've had it before...it's not like it's a fluke. It just takes supporting actual talent. I want meritocracy, not affirmative action.

 

[Phuel]

“Patriarchy” is one of those triggering terms that sends a certain type into a witless frenzy, so of course it has to be inserted as clickbait.

John’s was the ultimate subversion, even subterfuge of the once proper label, by surpassing and redefining a grander, richer and masterclass image of the Dior woman that Christian modernized. Don’t know how much more of reshaping the system while trailblazing a new sensibility into unknown fashion frontiers a designer can accomplished than what he did at Dior. Even Gianfranco’s Dior was catering to the loyal clientele for what she wanted— not what he wanted for her: He even spoke about this LOL All ferocious talent and creative vision, no political gimmicks.

I suppose safe, commercial high-end department-store fodder needs the gimmick of feminist “changing everything” LOL These blatant, disingenuous reimagining of some false narrative that before Maria Grazia, the label was controlled by anti-women sentiment is nothing more than how shallow, cutthroat the industry has become by betraying and turning on its own for hopes of some fleeting relevance to the most superficial demographic that is SM. The scapegoat to be despised in 2022 for the impressionable is “the patriarchy” when real-life experiences will easily teach you that women can be as cutthroat, domineering and as oppressive as men.

And I don’t even despise Maria Grazia: She designs department-store clothes for affluent mothers/daughters/grandmothers alike. There’s nothing wrong with such conservative offerings and tastes (…because they sell well, and at least it’s not clownwear). But don’t insult people by fooling them that she changed, risked and challenged anything other than the brand becoming mega-corporate just because she shoe-horned in a feminism-101 slogan-tee once in a while amongst the polite department-store fodder.

 

[rebel]

 

[Salvatore]

^^ Guessing he had enough.

 

[Koibito]

I guess Thom Browne will replace the role.

 

[badgalcrush]

Hey Guys does someone know what happened ?

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Bella wore a dress that I guess Law Roach pulled for her. Thekimbino posted a pic from the runway like a day or so before Bella wore it and accused them of ripping off her ideas or something lmfao

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Wanting credit for... posting a pic of a Versace dress on the red carpet from the 90s.

The internet is such a foul place. This new wave of "fashion" people on social media are so weird and entitled. I've seen people with large followings literally come on TFS, steal someones scanned pictures to post on their twitter/insta, and get angry and demand credit when then others "steal" and repost the already stolen images on their social medias. Demanding credit for... the image you took from TFS, that someone else scanned, from a magazine, who published a photographer's work, that has been out in the universe for 30 years. Seek medical attention and go touch grass

 

[susseinmcswanny]

If I see anyone wearing something I have saved on my Pinterest board I am COMING FOR YOU

 

[Melancholybaby]

All these ig "archivists" are a special kind of obnoxious, thinking they reinvented the fashion wheel, posting the same Galliano/McQueen crap over and over and demanding credit for it lol.

Having said that, Law sounds insufferable as well, I hate that the entire industry is more than happy to blow smoke up this hack's ***.


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[lucy92]

Here's an unpaywalled profile of Law in the NY Times. This article references ruptured relationships he has had with celebrities like Anne Hathaway and Ariana Grande.
Law Roach, a Stylist Whose Best Creation Is Himself

I think he's done a fine job with Zendaya and Kerry Washington. For others I think the effect is too grating and annoying (Celine Dion) From this story it sounds like he's spreading himself too thin.

 

[fashionista-ta]

To imply that one is beyond having one's integrity questioned is a bridge too far for me. Pretty sure he isn't a deity (and I don't think those are beyond a question either). No one is above the law, and no one is above a question about what they're up to.

 

[aracic]

I'm all for self awareness and acknowledging your talents but to call yourself the King of Vintage (or anything in general)... b*tch, sit your Instagram *** down. Period. Bleugh!

 

[tapenerd]

I think there is more from Kim’s side that we don’t know about. I think her and Bella had a conversation about said dress (via DMs) and maybe about how she should wear it. I don’t know, I just think there is more to this than just her posting a photo.

 

[MulletProof]

‘luxury’ can be such a tacky word that feels as luxurious as eating from a dumpster so.. it’s not like I wasn’t warned but, this guy is pure trash. He makes you resent the end of fashion exclusivity but in reality it’s just the normalization AND celebration of crassness.. which will end, that doesn’t last forever..

 

[LostInNJ]

Bella wore a dress that I guess Law Roach pulled for her. Thekimbino posted a pic from the runway like a day or so before Bella wore it and accused them of ripping off her ideas or something lmfao

It wasn't quite as simple as that...She posted that dress a little while ago and Bella commented on those post and it seems it went to DM's from there

If I see anyone wearing something I have saved on my Pinterest board I am COMING FOR YOU

I agree that the waters can be murky with something like this...

I think there is more from Kim’s side that we don’t know about. I think her and Bella had a conversation about said dress (via DMs) and maybe about how she should wear it. I don’t know, I just think there is more to this than just her posting a photo.

Before it was deleted, she had mentioned pretty much that and she seemed to imply a discussion about wanting to work with her etc and then she turned up wearing the dress. So, I can understand the frustration...but perhaps putting them on blast first wasn't the best move. I'm not sure there is proper "Etiquette" in this instance...If a stylist recommends you to wear something and then you go to another stylist and get that exact item, is it ok?

Everyone will be blowing smoke up Law's ***, regardless of what the truth actually is because you will only wind up getting one side.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I feel like I'm reading a foreign language trying to understand what this entire controversy is about. I can read the words, but the situation is so idiotic that my brain just does not compute it.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Kim isn't a stylist though. It just makes my brain melt reading that people of "HF twitter and instagram" want credit or recognition from an exclusive, elitist industry because they save pictures from the internet and post them on social media and I don't even know why I care goodnight

 

[SophiaVB]

these people need to get off twitter and learn to keep industry gossip IRL like everyone else