She can make all the money she wants; I honestly could not care less. Monetary gain has nothing to with this. It's about the clothes and imo, they are terrible. One of the most ridiculously shameless vanity projects to come around in years...
I have to disagree with you. This look is selling because it's a trend. It's EVERYWHERE and she is capitalizing off those ppl who buy into trends b/c they are unable to think and decide for themselves. These ppl who so desperately want to 'belong' instead of wearing what truly suits them. Frankly, the novelty of this look is wearing thin, so she and her buddy Alex had better put on their thinking caps pronto...
Or skateboarding.so true... her closet threw up on the runway...
erin should stick to modeling
for someone who does not care, there's certainly a lot of passion behind the arguments presented. rvca did not hire a designer. they hired a model. they hired a model to project her personal style not design vision onto their brand. it sold like hotcakes. why? people want to look like this. also, i'm sorry, the fashion business is a vanity business!
go ahead sit back in judgement of the consumer who buys this stuff, but the reality is that times are tough. people don't have money like they used to. people have options. they vote with their dollars. people dress this way because they connect with this look. the fact that you do not connect with this look does not mean those people who do have no sense of style and find themselves slave to trend.
Mikeijames, you seem to believe that hype and notoriety are synonymous with genuine talent.
The longevity of Marc Jacobs career as well as his talent as a designer are both rather dubious. However, that's another topic in itself...
that's a cop-out argument because that can be said of every single piece every where. "oh well that's just some rich people wearing that." fashion is meant to be consumed and rich people do nothing if not that. to sit back and pretend that there's not something covetable here is to close one eyes to a larger trend. this trend has infected not only the low end -- i mean, this is RVCA, she's not going to use costly fabrics and techniques -- but the very high end at houses like phi, elise overland, rodarte and so many others. the consumer responds to that rock chic vibe and this collection has that in spades.
rvca can name her whatever they like. that's not really what we're talking about here. titles come and go. the fact remains, there exist people all over this country that wouldn't mind looking like this which means she has done her job....
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