[lbo-talk] RE: Fashion

[Carl Remick]

>From: joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net>
>
>"In high fashion, the dominant trend of recent years has been the so-called
>new simplicity; clothes are unpretentious in style, colours are dark and 
>the
>designer's name is not displayed on the outside of the garment. The goal of
>this style is to accentuate the individual's inner qualities; the dress 
>just
>helps the individual express what he or she is. Thus it does not try to
>change the individual into someone else or crate an image in which the
>individual would like to see him- or herself; it merely enhances his or her
>already existing individuality. Today, the individual is not supposed to 
>buy
>high fashion in order to follow some imposed ideal of beauty, but rather to
>aid perception of him- or herself as an ideal." Renata Salecl, 
>(Per)Versions
>of Love and Hate, pg. 1.
>
>I have been sewing for forty years. I can make anything. What is happening 
>to fashion overall is very simple: the simpler the cut, the less labor 
>involved in constructing a garment and the easier it is for the garment to 
>"fit" -- since it eschews all curves, waistlines, etc.

But simple doesn't have to mean dull, which most US fashion certainly is 
these days.  I mean, what could be simpler than a sari -- just 5 1/2 meters 
of wrapped fabric (or so a quick Web fact-checking tells me) and typically 
so much more dazzlingly colored and flattering than contemporary US fashion. 

  I don't know whether women find saris comfortable but they sure look 
great.

Carl

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