“Bought and delivered.”
That was the phrase that came up when I interviewed Jeremy Scott for his documentary, and I kept thinking about Raf Simons’ departure from Dior that startled the fashion world.
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Raf Simons’ departure has made many fashion-loving individuals wake up and wonder about the world they have always loved.
Think J.W.
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Just like life, fashion contains countless stories, not simply a flashy world.
Once the collaboration was successful, it was undeniably as wonderful as alchemy, but the subsequent breakup was just as loud.
There are professional studios, money and advertising machines at their disposal, but the only thing fashion designers lack is plenty of time: Time to develop ideas,
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Fashion designers have almost all the convenient conditions to create a collection, but perhaps what they lack is time.
Creating a professional, on-trend, and sellable fashion collection is not as simple as just designing a few outfits and selling them.
“When you do six shows a year, there’s not enough time for the whole process,” Raf Simons said.
Not only is there a lack of time, work pressure is a real reality that weighs heavily on the creative mind.
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The responsibilities of a creative director and a fashion designer, in addition to designing, are also stressful jobs with many things that need and should be done.
Just try to put yourself in the shoes of young, inexperienced designers who are struggling to build their dreams in Paris.
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Work pressure is a challenge for designers.
Criticism – from fashion-related individuals – about the acceleration of the fashion industry tends to be aimed at “fast fashion”: The requirement for new product models to be produced every week.
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`Fast fashion` fashion brands are unintentionally creating more pressure and pushing the fashion machine to operate faster.
As mentioned: Because designers do not have enough time to nurture ideas, to make a mark, it is not difficult to see that the quality of ideas and diversity in each fashion season has a consequence.
Some people believe that this type of work pressure has the ability to motivate them, fan the fire of passion and then they will rise up strongly.
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Talented designer Jonathan William Anderson
Yet, in contrast to Anderson, Donna Karan has been one of the strongest voices publicly criticizing the dangerous erosion of change in the industry.
And Mr. Alber Elbaz told the crowd at the FGI Night Of Stars event that designers like him “… started out as couturiers… Then became ‘creative directors,’ so we
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Alber Elbaz has had a long association with Lanvin.
In all respects, this is not a new phenomenon: John Galliano and Alexander McQueen were also `bought and brought to` Givenchy during the golden period of their careers.
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John Galliano
McQueen’s time at Givenchy was no different, he eventually broke away from the Gucci group, and started from scratch with absolute focus on his own brand, where he revealed and rose to the peak of his career with
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Lee Alexander McQueen is one of the great talents of the fashion world.
Lee Alexander McQueen’s creations live forever in the memories of those working in the fashion industry.
Not only the people just named, the fashion world also has many prominent names that have broken away from incompatible relationships.
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