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agreed!! its just too much stuff being churned out and when you actually take a look most of it is just rubbish, publications have nothing to say anymore. c*nde n*st shared content strategy was the final nail in the coffin imo, like for instance when im reading lets say vogue portugal or taiwan i dont want to see a gugu haddud editorial in a tacky versace dress talking about the struggles of being a millionaire mother with 5 nannies and 3 chefs lol. everything is sooo homogenous and bland, having a point of view feels like a crime
To me presentation definitely matters. Now, a fashion show doesn’t have to be a Dior/McQueen theatric spectacle, but at least have somewhat charismatic models who can walk, sell clothes, and look good in them.
Agreed. Presentation 100% matters and its sad how much thats lacking today.
I think that the maze-runway phenomenon was done as a reaction to Chanel's iconic runway productions throughout the 00s and 10s (thanks Etienne Russo). The issue is that brands today are so focused on displaying power than emphasising the actual collection, that the staging becomes oppressive. The only brand today that really does this type of runway well is Saint Laurent, because of the very strong storytelling elements.
This could be a very risky route to take since the industry population is not only left-leaning, but very trigger-happy. Creating ties with right-wing figureheads could really damage her image, so she really needs to attract a customer base that isn't part of that art/fashion/political culture. This might mean looking for support beyond industry insiders.
No, not really. And Richard Meier's buildings (he's a rationalist who's focused on residential architecture) are far more art than Brunelleschi's. Like I said before, fashion is the ideal marriage of art, craft, design, and functionalism.
I'm truly sorry for breaking this to you, but if you have zero bigotry in you, you will never have a reason to get cancelled.
And so should they for God's sake
I think I never read in my life such a bunch of nonsense. So 'woke' is, according to you, benefitial to your wallet? Are you kidding me? We are living in a white supremacist, cis man led society.
And so have they done so for quite some time, it seems. Haider is one of my top 3 favorite designers of all time. He is one of the last real couturiers according to Gaultier himself. The man has rejected being CD at Margiela and many other prestigious fashion houses, I don't see his eponymous label doing any collections, but he's surely one of the most talented designers in our times. His fashion has the vintage allure of Galliano and others, but translated to a contemporary and modern language, some are immune to assimilate. It's probably because he's not your average cis or gay white dude.
Sure, but I obviously wasn't referring to an architect like Richard Meier when I mentioned run of the mill apartment blocks...
Apartment blocks are a nice analogy, but they're not translatable to people wearing clothes in real life. You can be poor, yet not be wearing ghetto, if you know what I mean. And you don't need to wear ultra expensive either, fashion is just about wise choices. And there are designers out there who offer wiser choices than others, which means a functional garment with a unique, artistic touch.
You obviously do not live in America.
And I thank my lucky stars I don't, because America is being controlled by a bunch of politicians with a neofascist agenda legislating against transexual people instead of tackling the real problems in order to please the fundamentalist Christian Republican wing and distract the general population by finding scapegoats. America's police kills black people indiscriminately and it is a country that criminalizes marginalized people. With all that being said, I really, really doubt that wokeness and cancel culture are the biggest problem that society has or that it has anything to do with the fashion industry affecting designers. Karl Lagerfeld was a giant racist bigot and mysognist and he was never cancelled, neither has any fashion designer I know other than Alexander Wang due to his sexual assault allegations.
I certainly don't blame everything on "wokeness," as you say, but it's a huge part of the culture in America right now (as well as the rise of the far right) and to not mention it would be irresponsible when discussing the current atmosphere in media. And hey, I probably agree with you on many things -- I don't want to be here either, and I wish I could pick up and move to Europe lol. (But it's not so easy.)
‘Woke’ness isn’t the issue here, ideology (‘wokeness’ and ‘antiwokeness’ alike) is just mystification for people’s very real material interests. People on both sides are advancing these smoke and mirror ideological covers to cover their financial, material agendas. Companies do this by cynically deploying woke ideology, and so do the right wingers who make a killing commentating on how ‘woke ideology has gone too far!!’ They’re two sides of the same corrupt coin, and they’re symbiotically aligned with one another. The ‘culture war’ in America is just two idiots mouthing off to each other, while smiling all the way to the bank.
Not all brands profit solely from perfume and bags. Dolce is a bona fide pret a porter brand, for example.
