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30 December 2008

NYT: Change? It Wasn’t in Fashion—Really?

While it seems that you can always rely upon a greater cynicism out there than your own, Eric Wilson’s article in the Times on the lack of originality in fashion this year really drives home the whining about the ever-presence of coloured shades and skinny denim. If anything, the piece speaks to me about how fast paced our standards and expectations have become — as if the iconic trends of our generation need carry a much more sporadic, hyper-aware shelf life than before.

As H(Y)R suggests, and ironically so, the article also excludes the mention of many different kinds trend facets that were born out of this past year, from silhouettes to pants to heels, along with many fresh and unusual faces.

The return to the Sprouse print Vuitton purse, or the reappearance of a familiar supermodel, is like throwing in a life preserver of revised consistency in a very fluid and dynamic sea of fashion fluctuations. Perhaps Marc Jacobs’ nudity could speak more to the designer’s ever-growing sense of narcissism, moreso than what that had to say about a lack of creativity in this past 2008.

Posted by jackie at 10:30