Seán McGirr - Designer, Creative Director of Alexander McQueen

[PDFSD]

Burberry has no money to hire an ex cd to join a team that's already messed up to make more outlet merch.

Maybe we normalize that just because people get the top job and fail big, does not mean they should keep working in fashion lol
His own student work was already big red flag that it has no depth or taste, since then he got no better with all the team and money and JWA experience.

Moral of the story :
Most of the time a ant is just a ant, it will never be an elephant lol
You can be anything you want when you grow up, is the worst thing you can tell your untalented kid.
What we want does not mean is what we are good at.

We keep vouching for at best mid people to stay relevant without them having made anything relevant, we have warehouses full of stuff on this planet!!!!!! landfills full of stuff we send to poor countries to dump our clothes on.

Fashion is considered the second-largest polluting industry in the world, behind only the oil and gas sector.
We have too many brands too many stuff made too many crappy designers, this is the reality and the bigger bigger picture.

 

[Nimsay]

Certainly no high fashion label is being dumped on poor countries.

The clothes made by zara or the other stores definitely need to be scaled back. I think it will take a radical shift in consumer tastes. Ultimately the high fashion customer isnt throwing any designer goods away.

The only clothing Ive ever thrown away were a pair of like incredible embroidered and detailed Evisu jeans from my loser ex boyfriend. I threw it down the garbage chute in like 2004.

I always have donated my clothes that I dont want to collect to Housing Works NYC.

 

[PDFSD]

Certainly no high fashion label is being dumped on poor countries.

The clothes made by zara or the other stores definitely need to be scaled back. I think it will take a radical shift in consumer tastes. Ultimately the high fashion customer isnt throwing any designer goods away.

The only clothing Ive ever thrown away were a pair of like incredible embroidered and detailed Evisu jeans from my loser ex boyfriend. I threw it down the garbage chute in like 2004.

I always have donated my clothes that I dont want to collect to Housing Works NYC.

Certainly based on what, your feeling ? or facts ?

You don't know where wast ends, on top of this its not only finished garments it's the waste that comes with it rest fabrics of production , return default items, items that get lost in shipment transit it's also the dyeing, finishing, and other processes release toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and microplastics that contaminate soil and water.
Many fabrics, especially synthetic and blended ones like polycotton, are difficult to separate and recycle. Less than 1% of clothing is recycled into new clothing.

Even show spaces for fashion week, why prada has since a few years a company that takes the materials of the show set and try´s to reuse the materials why you see at chanel with VV a total lack of set and its always plywood , now the went back to big set , but all the temporary pop up store of lora pinana and every other brand where does that set material end my dear , every few week new windows props for 500 stores of LV and other brands ?

This fantasy because its high fashion it means its mades from golden fairies coming down and sprinkle some gold dust and couture happens show how blindly people choose to be in a age where information is free and out on the net.
And we lost common sense of thinking let alone critical thinking

High fashion brands deal and behave as fast fashion we we have stores full of new stuff every month and push of pre collections and many brand outlets and 3th parties reselling dead stoke in this case of 2 seasons ago etc etc .

Have you seen the video of people in new york opening garbage bags and its full of dior and red bottoms , etc not every one holds high fashion as a bar of gold.

Donating clothes is another huge pipeline, where do you think the clothes end that they can't make money off ?
According to estimates, only 20 percent of discarded clothing is actually recycled, while the rest ends up incinerated or in landfills.

Its alot to unpack and cant be dismissed with only fast fashion is the problem. even zara gets discussed on this forum just because its shot with high fashion models and high fashion photographers lol cos is mentioned in a list with miu miu that has parts falling of like its fast fashion.
Let alone high fashion designers collabs with H&M bs

The lines have blurred long ago!!!

 

[jeanclaude]

Have you seen the video of people in new york opening garbage bags and its full of dior and red bottoms , etc not every one holds high fashion as a bar of gold.

Could you please post that video??

 

[LadyJunon]

Have you seen the video of people in new york opening garbage bags and its full of dior and red bottoms , etc not every one holds high fashion as a bar of gold.

If it's MGC's Dior, then it's right where it belongs.

 

[PDFSD]

Could you please post that video??

i did not save the reel but i'm sure more vids of garbage divers or hunters are online for places like LA and NYC to name a few where people get rid of stuff that end up being still of value, you have also the one that people shows what 10K per night villa Airbnb people leave behind gucci shoes LV sunglasses bags all trashed like it's just another day etc

the dior looked like galliano era if i remember well

 

[psychopsist]

Not the video mentioned, but relevant to the precious discussion.

I agree with the environmental criticism of the fashion industry. I always tell people that even as a fashion lover, it’s clear as day that we have enough clothes, shoes, accessories, etc to cover everyone on this planet for generations. The level of waste is so major that it’s difficult to comprehend.

It’s of course not nearly just this one house to blame, but I don’t think it needs to exist until 2098 just to say that it did. Especially with someone lacking even half the talent and the depth of its founder at the helm. Michael Jackson impersonators do a better job at recalling and extending a man’s legacy.

 

[PDFSD]

Not the video mentioned, but relevant to the precious discussion.

I agree with the environmental criticism of the fashion industry. I always tell people that even as a fashion lover, it’s clear as day that we have enough clothes, shoes, accessories, etc to cover everyone on this planet for generations. The level of waste is so major that it’s difficult to comprehend.

It’s of course not nearly just this one house to blame, but I don’t think it needs to exist until 2098 just to say that it did. Especially with someone lacking even half the talent and the depth of its founder at the helm. Michael Jackson impersonators do a better job at recalling and extending a man’s legacy.

Puck news
More than 15 years after the King of Pop died with millions in debt, his estate has experienced a remarkable turnaround.
Though the estate has become a commercial juggernaut—it has earned $3.5 billion since his death in 2009, according to Forbes’ 2025 list of “Highest Paid Dead Celebrities”—the legal machinery overseeing the entity has never actually wound down.

Crazy that Michael's estate run by 2 doggy small lawyers are able to generate $3.5 billion since his passing but a luxury group with the Mc Queen brand is in constant struggle....sad

 

[Nimsay]

Ok so is there any evidence of this ? Like. I was expecting evidence.

Right in NYC they usually have fakes in trash bags to sell easily while also shielding the illegal contents from prying eyes….

 

[PDFSD]

Ok so is there any evidence of this ? Like. I was expecting evidence.

Right in NYC they usually have fakes in trash bags to sell easily while also shielding the illegal contents from prying eyes….

google and tik tok and ig is free.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Not the video mentioned, but relevant to the precious discussion.

I agree with the environmental criticism of the fashion industry. I always tell people that even as a fashion lover, it’s clear as day that we have enough clothes, shoes, accessories, etc to cover everyone on this planet for generations. The level of waste is so major that it’s difficult to comprehend.

It’s of course not nearly just this one house to blame, but I don’t think it needs to exist until 2098 just to say that it did. Especially with someone lacking even half the talent and the depth of its founder at the helm. Michael Jackson impersonators do a better job at recalling and extending a man’s legacy.

I adore the way he hesitates two seconds and then he goes: no. Burn it down. 😍
If it doesn't have DIGNITY, what is the point?

 

[FashionPower]

Mcqueen is going to be the next Burberry, that's so obvious, skull printed scarves instead of cachemire checks and equestrian knight prints.
Apart from hautelamode, johnmvilla and ideservecouture and people detached from the real world, I don't think anyone currently resonates with Armadillo platform shoes and Plato Atlantis show in 2026...it's time to move on.
They could have gone autopilot with Burton's tailoring but they decided to suicide themselves with that tragic debut show.
Make a parfum inspired by the Plato Atlantis show, call it a day and turn into the next Mugler / Rabanne.