Themed fashion weeks

[ultramarine]

So today I was watching some videos and for Sao Paulo Fashion Week SS 07, the FW did an african theme .. not all designers stuck to the theme but I wonder if that is a common practice on -another- FW???

 

[ilaughead]

^I hope not? Not for any of the large weeks. Trends are the only 'themes'.

 

[MUXU]

themed fashion weeks? ugh...this doesnt sound like a very good plan.
it's reasonable that the organization provides funds and tents and etc...but providing inspiration sounds really weird
very tacky idea

 

[ultramarine]

Really? I mean .. seen throughout the whole SPFW it seemed not as bad ... the brazilians are great with color -and they worked pattern so good-, I def understand that from the designers point of view is .. hum .. how do you call it .. constraining? Still .. I wondered if it has happened on other FWs

 

[AbsolutStyle]

^yeah, I don't see a point to having a theme for a fashion week. It becomes not about the designers' work with respect to originality and talent, but about the spectacle of the shows... which, when you put it all together, sounds kind of like it would get old... fast.

 

[ShesElectric]

Themed Fashion Weeks? Doesn't sound good. Wouldn't that put borders around their creative ideas. Fashion is not about rules. I understand themes per show, themes the designer has put forth, that is. But an over-all theme on a week... I don't like that idea.

I mean, I have come across this idea with shows targeted to the mass markets... mall shows that is (hah). A designer should go into the creation of a line with an open palette and blank canvas... this just constrains them... gives them a blue and a red and tells them to work their magic, so to speak.

 

[ilaughead]

^I agree, however, it's sometimes fun to see one outfit each from several designers with one common theme, ala Nick Knight's "Masked Ball" editorial. It was fun to see all the different enterpretations of the same idea.