‘High fashion’ Or whatever you call it - that insane farce where ‘models’ (i.e. beanpoles with no tits) wear Fucking stupid ‘outfits’ designed by the worst people on earth (fashion designers) walk down catwalks while the second worst people on earth (self-important fashion show fans)
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High fashion – our equivalent of the French Court before the revolution. Absurd, inbred, ridiculous, pathetic. But, it creates good photos for coffee table books 30 years from now.
Ummm,
Do you have a link to some of the stupid fashion atrocites,or are you just disenchanted with the world of fashion in general.
I’ll confess to likeing some of Versace’s very formal gowns,but that genius is not able to create anymore,and his sister doesn’t have the same flair. Donna Karen is quite good,and she actually makes clothes that an average woman can wear. She doesn’t make stuff that only looks good on beanpoles.
The reason I even glance at such things,is because I’m interested in art,and some designers actually have artistic talent. Yeah,ok no way you can actually wear many of the creations out in public even if you had the money to purchase them,but the lines,colors,and textures are interesting to see. I’ll agree that there are very few designers that have caught my eye lately though.
Obviously if there are some that women would consider wearing then it’s not those that I am refering to.
Needless to say - I am refering to the more insanely OTT type fashion shows (i.e. most of them)
Is it cocktail hour at the Lobsang household?
The point is that a whole helluva lot of people have waaaayy too much time and money on their hands and they have to find an outlet for their creative resources.
They’d like us to believe that the outlandish haute couture styles are so edgy that they inspire all other designers to create styles that we can actually wear. However, I’ve never looked good in spandex covered in feathers with a leather and chain boa. :rolleyes:
Now that is fuckin funny! 
I too have pondered this same question over the years. Most of the outfits that grace the catwalk will never be seen on a real body in the street (although some of the more outrageous fashions spied at the Melbourne Cup Galah come very close. :D)
But as Zabali_Clawborne said, if you appraise them as works of art displaying the imagination and creativity of the designer then I guess there IS a point. You might not ever wish to be seen dead in them, but it doesn’t make them any less spectacular (or any other adjective you choose to insert) in their own right.
Why does there have to be a point? Nobody points to a painting and goes “well yes, it’s interesting to look at, but can it do the dishes?”
Lots of the outlandish things you see on the runway aren’t intended for wearing - they’re an exaggerated form of the designer’s theme for that collection. Is it art? Personally, I think it is but I can see where some people would disagree.
Like this outfit? There are more such “outfits” at [this link.](javascript:OpenPopup(’/content/fgal/gallery.asp?gid=278’,‘Fotogalerij’,508,550)) Some of them are truely awe inspiring in their gawd-awful ugliness.
I really think people must attend these shows just for the laughs.
For some reason, the seconf link didn’t work. Click the words “meest opvallende ontwerpen van de catwalk” to see the slide show (or freak show, if you prefer.)
It is my opinion that half the art industry is one big whoosh. The outlandish clothing, the ‘modern art’ sculptures. I don’t consider them art or even a sign of talent. they are a product of the knowledge that, for some unfathomable reason, there are people that appreciate this crap, so let’s all of us keep producing it.
There are of course anomolies, things that are surreal on a deep level, that cause even ‘normal’ people to stare in awe or fascination, such as salvador dhali paintings.
Well you know those beanpoles with tits couldn’t survive a 9-5 job doing manual labor. Gotta find something for them to do, and walking up and down a runway in ridiculous clothing is at least as useful as snapping pictures of waifs wearing ridiculous clothing…
Beanpoles with no tits. Grr. I miss one word in a post and it becomes a brand new post.
[sub]I wonder, I do, why my post count is so very high…[/sub]
I always thought that those crazy fashions were just exaggerated experimental versions of clothing styles you and I would be buying and wearing in a matter of a year or two, thinking, by that time, they were quite down to earth and would look good on us. Remember when the big shoulders on women’s jackets came into style in the late 1980s (of course, it had been the style in the 40s, too)? It was just a year or two before that they were on the Paris runways, and really looked bizarre. And they looked bizarre to me when they hit the stores. Women HAD to buy those things. They did, and wore them, and then the style started to look normal. It didn’t take long.
http://www.tiscali.nl/content/fgal/gallery.asp?gid=278
You have to take the second link out of the javascript part and add it to the main site.
When I occasionally read junk such as Glamour or Cosmo, there are always the WAYYY overpriced clothes, page after page- and they’re butt-ugly clothes! Not that I have $500 to plunk down on a pair of pants or shoes, but if you’re gonna pay that much at least spend it on something that doesn’t look like shit!
From the link: “Voor de zomer mocht het kennelijk toch wat bloter dan we gewend zijn van hem.”
Translation: This model uses heroin, and that is not her real hair.
Ok,here is a link to a fashion site that actually has a purpose too.
Enviromentally concious
Personally, I’ve always been a fan of boring and simple clothing (you should see my wardrobe sometime). Why? Because what’s boring and simple NOW was also boring and simple fifty years ago, and will be boring and simple fifty years from now. Conversely, what’s new, exciting, and stylish now was gaudy, ugly, and deplorable fifty years ago, and will be the same fifty years from now.
In other words, rather than risk the lows of fashion while taking a chance at achieving the highs, I prefer to maintain a solid, consistent middle ground. However, I do consider this type of outfit to be quite stylish.