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In The INDEPENDENT--UK--today http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3143235.ece
an article about couturiers and celebrities designing for mass retailers. While it does state that Kate Moss is probably not on a level playing field with Karl Lagerfeld....it does go on to compliment her dresses, with a tiny aside about 'criticism about copying vintage from her own wardrobe'--this buried WAY down in the article....
But the statement that REALLY flamed my tushie was this:
"The downside to big-name ranges is that people can flock to buy them because of the brand, rather than responding to and developing their own taste. Worse still, they might buy them to sell on auction websites such as eBay, turning what should be partly a process of design appreciation into a cynical, wholly commercial transaction"
Is the author saying that TOPSHOP et al are educational institutions interested in raising the standards of taste of the Great Unwashed, but when the likes of us buy for resale....THEN it becomes 'cynical & commercial'?
I'd love to see some discussion on this...am I out of line being offended on about 6 levels by this statement?
an article about couturiers and celebrities designing for mass retailers. While it does state that Kate Moss is probably not on a level playing field with Karl Lagerfeld....it does go on to compliment her dresses, with a tiny aside about 'criticism about copying vintage from her own wardrobe'--this buried WAY down in the article....
But the statement that REALLY flamed my tushie was this:
"The downside to big-name ranges is that people can flock to buy them because of the brand, rather than responding to and developing their own taste. Worse still, they might buy them to sell on auction websites such as eBay, turning what should be partly a process of design appreciation into a cynical, wholly commercial transaction"
Is the author saying that TOPSHOP et al are educational institutions interested in raising the standards of taste of the Great Unwashed, but when the likes of us buy for resale....THEN it becomes 'cynical & commercial'?
I'd love to see some discussion on this...am I out of line being offended on about 6 levels by this statement?
