I hate how the moment a designer starts finding his own voice or just getting his s*it together in the best and healthiest outlet a designer is lucky to even have and be succeeding at, his own label, the pressure is on for him to give that up and design for the biggest curse in fashion: a major house. Lanvin, Saint Laurent, Dior.. is that what we wish on people with some sense or at least interest in being creative? to be churning out pre-fall, post-fall, pre-spring, cruise, haute couture, not couture, budget line, regular line, "tamer but stronger than last season"/"same but different" corporate requests, all with the same speed someone assembles televisions in the third world?.. let these labels have a natural death and let's celebrate those that have found
(by being extraordinarily good-looking, or not) resources to build their own path.