AUDACITY: audaciousness, effrontery, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), nerve, nerviness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, temerity
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Audacity is a prerequisite of couture. The workmanship, the fantasy, the
challenge, the insanity, the almost faux raison d’etre of it all but it is why
we “spectate & salivate!” It is the witnessing of
the most unimaginable come to life. We salivate for the craftsmanship, ornamentation
and construction; it’s fashion at its most libidinous.
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Sadly, there are many designers who seem to think there is a necessary
narrative that comes with these clothes but alas as I have previously written,
these clothes aren’t sold with romance cards that explain their existence. They
are just are over the top, maybe even very simple to the eye, wildly expensive
and sold in a direct to consumer situation situation… no middleman, no stores
no merchandisers, just Maison and client.
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In my opinion, houses such as Dior have diluted the haute couture by
employing designers who have no skillset other than to run their mouths. They
offer blah blah blah and all this faux intelligence and prattle and all you get is a
collection that only makes sense in the head of the designer and those who are
paid to fawn, regurgitate and obey.
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The most intriguing is what each designer may stand for... signatures... clothes
for the sake of clothes hold not much allure especially since RTW has become “a
me too” kind of situation rather than one that engenders individuality and an
individual signature. Let me clarify by saying that individuality is not
defined as the most outrageous one can imagine.
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In couture you have designers known for structure, for fabrication, for
ornamentation for overall finish, dowdy, young, sexy etc... The ones you can
pick out from the crowd are the ones to watch. Not every collection is stand
out from start to finish but there still remains huge talent and of course
aspiration. This is a representation of pieces from a collection of designers
who may not receive the bought and paid for praise and accolades of the big names but they
are the ones who keep couture alive in its purest sense and on so many levels.
They are the AUDACIOUS
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