the fashion world is a buzz;
Apart from my office and the Starbucks two streets along there is only one other place I spend most of my time when I'm working. Actually, it's not the closet, where couture and everyday items meet and are hung out of our reach unless we ask very politely if we can maybe borrow them for some upcoming gala or party-- it's the boardroom. A few months ago someone had thought it would very funny to replace 'board' with 'bored' - boredroom - however you could no further from the truth, well, for me at least.
We have a meeting close to everyday, usually in the morning and usually we are forced to stand, coffee in hand, so we don't fall asleep. Editors, as well as models, are nuturous for not sleeping, thanks to parties and, if you're like me, the internet. We deliver our ideas and comments and problems to the editor in chief who rolls her eyes and waves her hand and mutters, 'deal with it girls'. We are, mostly, all woman actually, although no one mentions this, not even our only male editor who wears more pink than I did when I was a toddler and I wore a lot of pink as a toddler.
However pink is out and black and yellow are in. Together. I can say I ever had an interest in bees, when I was about seven I tried to look interested as my older brother talked about them but they were just another insect I didn't want in my bedroom, although I do remember bringing honey to one on a saucer before, upsettingly for me it still died.
This year however we are forgetting about flowers and looking to bees, Marc Jacobs brought out the aptly names perfume 'Honey' - which smells amazing by the way - and bees were obviously on his mind. It carried into the clothes, although less obviously, just with the colours, using white and black and yellow and black as the staple colours.
It didn't stop there, Sarah Burton went a little crazy over beehives, with certain jackets and purses designed with the repetitive pattern. Fred Butler used the same idea, although he did include flowers as the models graced the catwalks.
Fashions come and go but we're screwed without the bees-- for one, no more honey sandwiches, as well as more important eco friendly factors I can only presume.