30 novembre 2009

The Aristocratic Principle in Fashion




















Gentle Reader -

Fashion theorists and fashionistas alike are searching for something. Call it exclusivity, luxury or mystique, there is magic in fashion.

Let us call this a search for the 'Aristocratic Principle.' It is a tenet that is opposed to the Big Fashion of today, always in search of new markets.

Nor does it necessarily assume clothes for the wealthy. No, the Aristocratic Principle is quite simple: to be original without being outlandish. The rest somehow - magically - falls into place.

In today's fashion, look to Tokyo, small ateliers in any major Italian city, and (of course) the back streets of Paris and London.

- AP

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