{"id":3264,"date":"2013-02-18T21:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T01:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2017-08-13T02:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T06:02:44","slug":"the-seriousness-of-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2013\/02\/18\/the-seriousness-of-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seriousness of Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Circus of Fashion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> by Suzy Menkes, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to address the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153seriousness,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or lack thereof, of fashion moguls and the level of austerity that is expected of the truly fashion elite. \u00c2\u00a0Menkes explains that those truly dedicated to the art of fashion are, and should be, adorned in nothing more than black looks head to toe, in contrast with the fire-heeled, Margiela masks, and intergalactic sweatshirts of late. \u00c2\u00a0The forefront of fashion, according to Menkes, has shifted from these serious types \u00e2\u20ac\u0153into a zoo: the cattle market of showoff people waiting to be chosen or rejected by the photographers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d referring to the recent surge of Street Style celebrities captured by Tommy Ton<\/a>, Scott Schuman<\/a>, or Leandra Medine<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0It seems as though Menkes believes that shows are meant for those of true fashion professionals: editors, buyers, and stylists; \u00c2\u00a0those who peer off Style.com or Nowfashion are not worthy or fashionably educated enough to offer critique .<\/p>\n

Yes, I agree that much of fashion \u00e2\u20ac\u0153blogging\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and amateur attempts at influencing fashion via the web are lackluster (read lookbook.nu<\/a> and the oceans of unoriginality and sponsorship that follow).\u00c2\u00a0 And yes, the successors of Project Runway type shows do follow a somewhat ridiculous \u00e2\u20ac\u0153American Idol\u00e2\u20ac\u009d-style initiatives, in which a public vote selects the fashion winner.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 But to criticize the public availability and creation of opinion of fashion is itself even more ridiculous than all the rest. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0What would art be if it were only meant for art collectors, and those \u00e2\u20ac\u0153truly serious\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about craft?\u00c2\u00a0Isn’t\u00c2\u00a0the purpose of all artistic forms to express a feeling or emotion, and emote that to the world?\u00c2\u00a0 And\u00c2\u00a0aren’t\u00c2\u00a0all collections ultimately at judgment of the public? \u00c2\u00a0Yes, those who have been in the industry may be able to understand the originality or cohesion of a collection \u00e2\u20ac\u0153better\u00e2\u20ac\u009d most. However, this should not change the fact <\/p>\n

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that I am also entitled to view and form personal judgment. Without Style.com or NYMag or Refinery29, I, someone who is interested in fashion, would never have access to something that I am passionate about. The rise and importance of the social media generation has only helped to quickly spread information worldwide. How can fashion then be mutually exclusive from this sphere, where technology rules all, and anything remotely public spreads virally?<\/p>\n

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In that same light,\u00c2\u00a0aren’t\u00c2\u00a0those who blog about personal or street style attempting to tap into their own artistic expression via sartorial means? If an aspiring artist were to show the world her newest painting on the web, would she be subject to similar sentence? \u00c2\u00a0Menkes contrasts the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153circus-like<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d showing of show-goers outside fashion tents, those sporting high contrast prints, sky-high shoes, and surreal headgear, \u00c2\u00a0with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the opposite of look at me fashion,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d wearing the most basic but craftfully structured pieces. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0But who is to say that fashion is meant to be entirely serious? What is the point of it all if we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t live our lives in it? As a person entering the fashion arena, why is it that the Dedicated pros\u00e2\u20ac\u009d must only be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dressed head to toe in black?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It seems to me that Menkes, and those who criticize, are missing the point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Circus of Fashion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Suzy Menkes, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to address the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153seriousness,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or lack thereof, of fashion moguls and the level of austerity that is expected of the truly fashion elite. \u00c2\u00a0Menkes explains that those truly dedicated to the art of fashion are, and should be, adorned in nothing more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8422,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions\/8422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}