Fashion Starters

As today is the 1-year anniversary of the paris copy, frequent readers here probably already know this:

Fashion never starts with ease or convenience. Fashion is a show, a performance of self. What looks like a simple silhouette often times is the result of advanced techniques. In the old days, these skills were learned in a couturier's workshop.

Something you don't often hear about in these days of global fashion: designers who work from sketches vs. those who work directly on a live model. Certainly the comment that haute couture is a "laboratory for fashion" is never heard now.

We should not lament the passing of haute couture, but embrace the best of the now.


- AP