I totally disagree. The lines of fashion that people are interested in is not primarily associated with their income. I'm sure the majority of 'upwardly mobile' people don't have time to flick through GQ and Vogue, they're too concentrated on their careers. They are more likely to wear what their peers wear, Armani suits etc. status symbols.
People wearing Phillip Lim are more likely to be fashion enthusiats whom can have all sorts of incomes, if you're interested in fashion your financial priorities are likely to way heavily on fashion.
I think philip Lim and everyone else is worried, at least he is saying it Publicly,
the reality is, Talent doesnt always wins out.......... look at Cloak, look at theyskens and a ton of others that i could mention.
Also the idea that no talent is behind Celebrity lines is somewhat absurd.
the Celebrities are not doing anything different from what top designers like Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani does.......... They hire design talent Graduating from college (or fromother companies) to work on thier lines, so that IS talent.
i personally was courted by a Celebrity line for a senior design position, would you say that that isnt talent?
the advantage the Celebrity lines have is that they are catering to an area of the market that generates far more money than Designer Brands ........Contemporary and Mass market Fashion.
the unspoken but open secret in fashion is that 85-90 0f designer brand do not make money from the clothing in thier signature collections..........
they make it from perfume, accessories, eyewear, small leather goods, shoes etc.
mass market is about selling large volumes of clothing that is profitable.
the money that designers would make from secondary lines, is being eaten away by a lot of these celebrity lines............and there in lies the great problem
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