This is a paragraph from the Financial Times article, "Playing To The Gallery" by Vanessa Friedman. Ummm, New York designers are considered as stylist instead of createurs , that's funny but somewhat true. In my case the reason I love NY fashion week is that it's great to see how designers edit down their pieces for shows. However considering NY designers not "designers" is pretty harsh. The best aspiration realistically for me is being in New York seeing how people put certain pieces together. Being in New York I get inspired by the people in the streets and my classroom to how to be creative when it comes to chosing an outfit from my own closet. However there are designers such as Zac Posen, Moniquer Lhuillier, Carmen Marc Volvo that make exquite dresses and growns that are cut wonderful on the body. But whatever even if it's creating a look or designing a couture dress it's still fashion and there are designers still behind their product.In the end, New York Fashion Week jumped to the front of the calendar, a position it still maintains, partially to stop the whining. Still, designers such as Marc Jacobs, arguably the most influential US designer working today - and not, incidentally, represented in this exhibition - are often called stylistes in French, as opposed to createurs; a styliste is someone who is great
at creating a look, but not necessarily an original garment.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
NY designers are not really considered "designers"
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Of course NY designers are designers! It's just because they don't follow the same trends as European designers that they are instead called "stylists." It's not like every single designer that is considered a "createur" designs oh-so-unique pieces. The fashion world is all about copycatting. So what basis do they have to say that American designers aren't designers?
That's pretty crazy. Just because the united states hasn't been established in the fashion world as long as european designers doesn't mean they don't compare. In fact the mere prejudice held from the fashion world makes them have to work that much harder to make it in the industry.
xoxo, lauren
b.t.w. i agree with your faux bag comment! I definitely can't drop a thousand on a handbag right now but its something to aspire to be able to someday do.
and some nyc designers do make all of their clothing! I think they need props for doing just that.
I am a fashion insider and I do know that a lot don't create anything but a sketch and some idea- it does kinda make me roll my eyes.
Sometimes I wonder if it makes them real. My boss he's real- he does it all and I think he needs credit for it! The guys a genius and should be respected by the fashion community but instead is not because he is sitting behind a machine instead of flaunting at the next big pary.
I'm not surprised by the "NY designers are not really considered 'designers'" mentality. ITA with jessorz comment that the US designers don't follow European trends. Thank goodness. We live different lives here and to expect US fashionistas to dress exactly like their European counterparts is extremely back wards thinking. Like I said...I'm not surprised as this biased thinking is prevalent regarding all aspects of US life, not just fashion.
NYC designers should be called designers just like everyone else!!!
I'm not surprised by that kind of thinking, but there are tons of fabulously talented American designers who are working to dispel those myths!!! I would hardly consider Zac Posen, among others, mere stylists!!!
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