Reports by Reuters shows us that as fashion week unfolds, we see how the economy really has taken a toll on the world of fashion. The runway of French designer Christian Lacroix was pretty dang depressing as we now have to realize that "even the world's most extravagant fashion scene [haute couture] to face economic reality."
We hear about businesses 'kicking the bucket' often, but not in the fashion world. That's a no-no. And for a poufy dress and everything amazing-tycoon like Lacroix to be placing his fashion house under creditor protection is a big deal. Dior, (another biggie fashion brand), Cheif Executive Sydney Toledano simply states that fashion isn't about survival of the fittest or richest, it's all about cooperation between designers and managers.
Lacroix is sheduled to put on a mini-show with roughly 20 models and a simple 200 guests. And what have we learned, class? The fashion industry will never die...it will only remain with the best of the best.How has the economy hurt the things that YOU love? Any budget cuts at school? Is your wallet a lil' thin?
(pictures! Top Right: Lacroix and design. Bottom Left: 3 more designs, Fashion Week)
I love looking at the outrageous fashions because inevitably, they inspire the designs that we do wear in our everyday lives. Poofy dresses and gobs of gems may seem gaudy and ridiculous, but the ideas trickle down (sometimes flow down!) to our own styles. Never die couture!
ReplyDeleteYeah people say that it is weird and never work but when will they relize that all the fasions that they laughed at in fasion week is what covers there bodies right now!!!
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