the new york times fashion critic cathy horyn is always insightful and inspirational. here is her take on the rumor of miss wintour being replaced at american vogue:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/01/style/01anna.php
seeing though the juicy speculation, miss horyn managed to add depth to it. there is grace mirabella’s observation that we’ve “got a fashion market that doesn’t know how to do good, inexpensive clothes”
how ture!
i mean: would any fashion editors worth their weight considers cheap monday or h&m, or topshop fashion? i doubt it. there is no room for that in the fashion bubble world.
my input to the whole situation: publish a minor league vogue on paper and on the web. much in the spirit of the minor league baseball team system, let the kids have a place to play. groom the young and the restless fashion writers, stylists, designer. pick them out to the bigs when they are ready.
more importantly, the failure in vogue is a reflection of the failure in the fashion business. it has become stale and predictable. too much time are spent chasing socialites. fashion has lost its touch with women in their 20s. there is a complete lack of awareness of changes like social networks and web-based subcultures and their influence on women’s identity. is fashion fading out of fashion? or is there a 21st century dior or saint laurent out there waiting to shock the world?
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