Here I recommend to read an article by Karen Hodkinson from Not Just A Lebel.com:

Click to view: ‘THE FUTURE OF THE FASHION SHOW   …Presentation is Everything‘

Good points of view, good consideration, good quoting… these are actually what I have been thinking these days after visiting london fashion week.

(Azzedine Alaïa fits a model in his studio.   image from: the new york times)

Good quoting from Azzedine Alaïa in the article:

(from The Ground magazine): “As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing. The system imposed Galliano, and others, to make four collections for him, four collections for the house, four for men, and four for women. When you have one idea per year, it’s already a miracle! Now, it has become crafty fiddling at a breakneck pace. That’s not the essence of fashion. How can you really be creative under these circumstances? For the young designers it’s very hard, and for the more mature, they drink more, take more drugs… what I am saying is that the system is not right. We have to see the work from another angle. The system is too stressful: too many collections, too much pressure. As in other fields, if you want to do a good creative job, it takes time. What’s the point? I’m working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings….”

what do you think?

‘I found staffs who use iPhone, some of them could not even remember a phone number, their memory is really … … worrying. Modern mind seems to have less notes. They are like goldfish, only have the memory of three seconds.’

 From Karl Lagerfeld’s interview/ Kerstin Holzer, Suddeutsche Zeitung / The Interview People / 10th Feb 2011

PS:  As I read this interview in chinese translation version first, since I post this I still cannot find the original article , so I am afraid that I can’t  have a check before I post it… there might be a little bit different from what Karl originally said.

here are several version of different language of this interview：

english ver. http://www.cloudyled.com:8080/showItem/showDetail/12824129.html

chinese ver. http://www.ccdy.cn/yishu/jiaoyu/201202/t20120208_233590.htm

greek ver. http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=14050&subid=2&pubid=111047454

image from: cloudyled

such a good question and consideration to Chinese designers and Chinese fashion industry..

‘In the current Chinese generation, awaiting for the stroke of genius from one of the emerging fashion designers, no signs of radical changes are perceived. For most of them the Western style, a bit sexy, a bit minimal, a little baroque and a little decorative is the example to follow. A little of everything without making an individual choice.  ’

Article: What about Chinese fashion designers? And fashion in China? by Franca Sozzani

http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/editor-s-blog/2011/04/april-1st

view chinese translation version: M Blogzine

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