After 4
major fashion capitals paraded their designers’ newest creations, I thought I’d
share what I learned after a seemingly more arduous and lengthier season of the
fashion cycle:
· Designers should not speak as their
words rarely make sense with the work they present and if that isn’t bad enough,
they get lost in their own pseudo intellectual jibber jabber. The best idea would
be to shut up and just let the clothes do the talking!
· Apparently, most designers seem to think
or make believe that this pandemic is over and things shall return as they were
... of course that would be a gross inaccuracy as this pandemic state, while
not as severe as it was, is still with us and things will NOT go back to life
as we once knew it. Hence showing clothes as if it was just another spring season
doesn’t cut it unless one is in complete denial.
· Reviewers should be forced to offer
an opinion and not speak of venues, front rows, inspirations and
influencers. What ever happened to wearability,
salability, fit, merchantability and appeal?
· Heritage brands only exist in name (for
the majority) these days as so many designers seem to think they use the archive
but if that’s the case how come the clothes, they design have no recognizable
signature linked to that brand?
· Then we come to the definition or how does one design sexy without the obvious nudity, sheerness, second
skin dresses, tits and ass? Apparently,
it is defined only at its most base level by the vast majority of designers the
world over.
· Make no mistake there must have been a
memo sent to each designer that it would be in their best interest to show bare
midriffs, bra tops or bandeaus and my question when, if ever, did you see or
will you see women who can afford these collections baring those particular areas
of their body during daytime hours or for that matter in the evening and we are
not talking at the beach?
· Since politically correct and politics
have entered into the fashion world, I would like to know what is attractive about
squeezing a token size 14-16 or 18 into a size 10 dress so that she looks like
a sausage in a weenie skin? Are we supposed to think that this is fashionable
or that larger women have no mirrors in their homes and lastly how many of these
collections ever cut above a size 12 for production?
· Models have become wind up robots who
walk a straight line and exit ... no emotion, no extra bodily movement and
absolutely never a smile... in fact they look miserable in the clothes they are
wearing. While on the subject, what has happened to perfectly groomed models
with make-up and perfect hair as that too has fallen by the wayside. Last aspect
is staging which is haphazard at best... day clothes with evening clothes with
clothes of no discernible reason.
· The last issue I will address is
shoes... so many look at though they are wearing boxes or books on their feet
and if not, then skyscraper stilettos that hurt just looking at them.
I could keep
going but think I will end it here and you can add to the list if you are so
inclined...feel free!
