With the mass popularity of shows such as Sex and the City, and DIY Gok shows such as fashion fix, is fashion becoming too accessible? I fear tis the case.
Having studied fashion for my degree, and dabbled in dress making, and always having had a keen interest in art and always contextualising trends, I find it massively important that people understand what they are wearing. I find that magazines are obsessed with copy cat ideas, and Gok Wan, as much of a genius he is, is ruining fashion for those of us who truly adore it. I mean has no one learned that the more accessible you make a trend the quicker it's over. I mean lets be honest...will Burberry ever recover?
Gok's Fashion Fix is slowly demeaning couture by adapting high street dresses to emulate a high fashion image. We've already began to see this with Dolce & Gabbana Spring Summer 08 when they turned ready-to-wear into couture but I mean come on! Must we ruin art. The high fashion world is being made a mockery of at the moment, and Gok's Fashion Fix is the ring leader. I mean to let someone as uncouth as Alexa Chung in t he presence of Lagerfeld and Lacroix is just insane. And the worst part is that she doesn't even appreciate who she is speaking to. I mean how on earth can you even consider asking these legends how much a couture gown would set you back. If you have to ask you can't afford it, and it's so insulting to try and put a price on art like that.
I do think that it is good that the media are trying to educate the masses in how to dress well, but showing them the frivolous tricks of a stylist, that have taken a lifetime to master could result in some crazy dress ruining coming to a high street near you.
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