Is the high fashion industry trying too hard?
So many fashion weeks. Paris, Milan, London. New York, New York. Other places. Incoming and outgoing designers, Fashion Houses, models, celebrities, influencers. The Fall/Winter, Spring/Summer, the Ready to Wear, the Haute Couture collections. THOSE details, THAT designer. THE Label of the Year. The cuts, the fabrics, the textures and structures, the beads - oh but have you seen the silhouette? You should. It is phenomenal. So many fashion critics and critiques these days - both with and without qualifications, work experience and skillset, mind you - but who cares? They have the followership, so that's fine. These days, these fashion social-mediaists, have a pre-show runway-lookbook themselves: oh look at me, look at what I wore to NYFW, hashtag brands, exposure and algorithm. At the end of the day (and of course awkwardly side-stepping the ethical and highly significant issues of production, consumption and sustainability), where are we, actually, with fashion? Are we living in a time where the competitiveness to one-up has made fashion - and the industry - for lack of a better word, boring? Is everyone trying too hard? In an oversaturated industry and, therefore flooded market, is the desperation to stand out making it all a bit .. meh?
What is your current assessment of the high fashion industry?
It is meh
It is progressive
Other - comment below
Endnote: (1) Alternatively, if the point of the fashion industry is not to stand out, what even is the point? (2) Is there a difference between high fashion and luxury fashion?
