We admit that we stepped away from posting for a little over a month. We decided to do a compare and contrast of the Spring 2011 collections. It is a lot less grueling than the day by day posting. Not only that, it has given us a chance to look at some trends. So now we are starting with a small step.
The most distrubing trend is the 'mullet' dress. You know short in the front and long in the back. It was a bad hairstyle and now is appears that designers what to bring it around as a bad dress. I have seen very few of them well put together on a red carpet or a runway.
I understand the practicallity. Walking in a full length gown is sometimes difficult. Especially if said gown is too long. Again, if you cannot see the toes of your shoes peeking out under the hemline, the dress is too long.
Clearly, designers are tired of seeing women step on the hems of their gowns. Ergo, create the 'mullet'dress. Knee or thgh length in the front with a full train in the back. Wrong answer. Send women to the class I call 'fit 101'. If you are going to go to the trouble of spending that kind of money on a gown get it altered to fit ladies.
Next issue - - - have black women been banned from the runways again? Is there some fear that if someone with a darker complexion is showcasing the dress it will not sell? I frankly am getting tired of designers, advertisers and fashion magazine editors who keep pertetuating the slight to black women.
That's right I blame them all. There are very few women of color sitting around the editoraial table in the halls of these magazines. The black men who sit at these tables should be ashamed. They are so afraid of rocking the boat that they say nothing. Oh they will go to graduation ceremonies and encourage students of color but they will not stand up to the Anna Wintours of the world.
It isn't about training or education. It is about access and opportunity. Anna Wintour is Editor in Chief of American Vogue. She weilds a lot of influence in the fashion industry. She didn't work her way to the top. She was given the position due to her father's influence. She wants to pass it on to her daughter (also with no formal training in fasion). If Conde Nast falls for that, then shame on them too.
Despite all of the gains and the flap about Italian Vogue's "Black Issue" things seem to have slipped back. We are not in a post racial world. sadly we are becoming more polarized than ever.
That does not have to be the case. There is enough for everyone. Fashion is a big industry and clearly there are a lot of really talented people. Let's give everyone a chance.
Next post - - - What's Coming for Spring 2011
a la prochaine
Debra
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