Spiral1532
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I completely agree. And seriously, what logic is there to allowing only compliments? If users are not allowed to speak negatively of a designer's collection here, you better believe that that collection will get bashed on another website forum or on a fashion blog. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if you work in the fashion industry, you need to have a thick skin.Opinions should never be censored. Sometimes you can't really explain exactly WHY you don't like something, you just know you don't. Or maybe you can't put it into words others will understand. When sites or threads are nothing but Rah-Rah, and ooohs and ahhhs with no dissenting opinions, they don't really serve a useful purpose as a cross section of society. It's like conducting an opinion poll and stacking the deck to achieve a desired outcome. That makes the poll virtually worthless.
And with regard to the topic of this thread, I don't think that TFS "influences" anything. But, I certainly do think that some fashion reporters browse the forums during fashion week to get ideas on what to write about in their reviews of the collections. There was a review of the Valentino fall couture collection that seemed like it came straight out of TFS forum posts. The only real difference between that review and the opinions of several TFS users was the wording of the review.
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