Democratization or Bastardization?
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Betsy Wissinger
Nov 16, 2012, 11:20:57 AM11/16/12
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Hi all,
Just wanted to share this about an interesting controversy. Just food for thought, not required reading... (could go well with the longer article about Zara that was in Sunday's NYTimes which I have not yet had a chance to read):
and Threadbared's reaction posted on Facebook:
What a load of smug claptrap!
"Providing access to affordable clothing is a noble goal. But, alas, this goal was perverted a long time ago by the rise of irresponsible consumer behaviour that has transformed the act of shopping into a leisure activity." <Yes, consumers are all to blame for making shopping popular - not retailers, advertisers, fashion magazines, TV, etc.>
"But make no mistake, what is called ‘the democratisation of fashion’ is really the bastardisation of fashion; that is, taking a designer’s ideas and watering them down for mass consumption." <Because designers never knock off other designers, artists, and themselves. And oh yes, mass consumption is against the interest of the global fashion INDUSTRY.>
I'm going to stop reading this piece now because the counter arguments are both too easy and too painful to have to make.
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