"Fashion, I mean I'm the first to encapsulate this realistically, nobody needs it. We need clothes, but do we need fashion? No. Fashion, when it's good, it comes out of a context that's societal, cultural, historic and economic and political, so it's of a time and place." ~ Tim Gunn
"Fashion and Importance should never be used in an conjunction" ~ Marc Jacobs
It seems out culture makes fashion a threat to the people of the world. We have TV personalities and stylist on TV criticize what people wear and how it is not the right way. People seem to find fashion a thing only the wealthy can afford and have so why should a teacher of a middle school bother looking good? The world seems to be more engulfed in fashion more than ever it seems, and you are either sit around the cool kids table and you sit amongst the cool kids. To talk to one that loves fashion is one thing, but to talk to one that designs fashion is a whole other point of view.
I myself know what it is like to take an outfit from mind to mannequin and it is a feeling that is pure ecstasy. It is a story come to life and I think that is what people do not get when it comes to couture and high fashion. We often listen to the people who have never touched a needles in their lives say what is good and what is not, but what baffles me is how they can define what is good and what is not, especially in the world of couture. It is like they are the Principal and they discipline us if we do not wear the proper uniform. I could go on about this whole what is fashionable, but i would probably start to contradict myself.
I think it is best to express what I see when it comes to fashion and what a designer sees. The people who design fashion know that fashion is not essential to survive, but that it can explain a culture and a history. It can tell what type of economic life a times was in, for example World War II when women when from silk stockings to nylon because silk was used to make the parachutes for the army. Also another example is post World War II when Christan Dior celebrated by using a lot of fabric to make extravagant skirts and dresses. It is something that can be good and can be bad, but that is up to the buyer. After all, many of us don't know art, but we know what we like.
I think was gets me annoyed the most is when people think that fashion is for the people of "champagne wishes, and caviar dreams". Nylon magazine begs to differ, as they created a book of regular people who dress stylish, but do know have the stylish bank account. They went around the world and asked people who they thought dress well where they go to shop, and most of them were thrift shoppers and wore vintage duds. Marc Jacobs , one of my idols and famed designer of his own line and creative director behind Louis Vittion, was shown in a documentary of him finding a old purple sweater and reviving it.
Fashion Designer i have met thrive of vintage finds and know how to create stunning outfits with out maxing out the card, after all, all designers start out as a staving artist. They see life in 80s sweaters and 30s dresses and if you notice the next time you walk into a Forever 21, that what is fashionable now is a update to what to grandmother wore when she was you age. I always think of what the most loved fashion icon Coco Chanel said; "Fashion fades, but style always remains."
I guess in the end of this who rambling, that i adore style after all. I love to see people who are not afraid to wear something that is not known as the normal attire. I love to read about people who have a pure passion for the art of fashion. They create things for themselves and for their Friends, not for the people of the 'fashion police'. They take something old, and make it something new. To sit and embroider a dress is something that takes patience, but means so much more in my opinion because it was done by hand and it was done by someone who lives for this type of art.
So style is what one wears to define their own selves when words are hard to find. Style is confidence and a way to definitely grab some attention. To look beautiful just for yourself and those on lookers. Style is in the eye of the beholder and that is something i want people to remember. To not be farad of stepping out of the over size T-shirt and jeans for a while. True there are those things that i think that should never ever touch another body again, but i think we all have those list in our heads. I applaud those who are daring with their wardrobe and love to talk with other designer and see their works, because when they talk of what they do it is never boring.
