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Trading up. Luxury. The mainstay of advertisers for years luxury took advantage of consumers need for all things shiny, fabulous and deluxe. As Newton taught us, what goes up, must come down. And has it ever…
An article in today’s NY Times article referenced, almost giddily, Alexander McQueen’s latest Paris show. McQueen, the renegade designer, used his latest show to make a statement. Literally thumbing his nose at fashion houses like Dior and Givenchy with over the top renditions of their designs (Little Black Dress anyone?). Some of his fashions were created from recycling his OWN couture collections. He was said to be “calling fashion’s bluff”, juxtaposing his grandiose fashions on the runway dotted with heaps of fashions in trash bags.
” “This whole situation is such a cliché,” Mr. McQueen said before his show. “The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.” “
So what do we learn from Mr. McQueen? Fashion is disposable, but our pocketbooks are not. Make decisions based on what YOU love, not what fashion dictates because chances are they are just as clueless as you are.
Image Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/fashion/12MCQUEEN.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
hey thaz, great article. it’s fashion at its worst. even the McQueen sky-high tumbling black diamond heels were a death-trap for the models. and the media is eating it all up!