Price Tags That Are Works of Art

[reborn]

from the NYtimes (pretty interesting article)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/fashion/30ROW.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Price Tags That Are Works of Art
By ERIC WILSON
Published: October 30, 2008
For the last three years, Alexander Brenninkmeijer, the designer of Clemens en August, has sold his collections only in museums and art galleries around the world, usually for no more than three days at a time.

[Faust]

Hah, awesome idea.

[reborn]

It's an interesting concept, fashion as art as retail, which is legitimated by use of gallery space...a little like the murakami LV store but not nearly as commercial.

[Chinorlz]

It's an interesting concept, fashion as art as retail, which is legitimated by use of gallery space...a little like the murakami LV store but not nearly as commercial.

I was thinking about this just a couple of days ago. This is the perfect setting for a small time designer that produces everything on a piece by piece artisanal level. The gallery setting almost forces the potential buyer to scrutinize and appreciate design subtleties otherwise potentially overlooked in a classic retail setting.

The concept of the boutique semi bridges this gap but still not quite I feel. The goal there is still sale volume whereas in a gallery setting maybe its more of a piece by piece emphasis.

[Chinorlz]

It's an interesting concept, fashion as art as retail, which is legitimated by use of gallery space...a little like the murakami LV store but not nearly as commercial.

I was thinking about this just a couple of days ago. This is the perfect setting for a small time designer that produces everything on a piece by piece artisanal level. The gallery setting almost forces the potential buyer to scrutinize and appreciate design subtleties otherwise potentially overlooked in a classic retail setting.

The concept of the boutique semi bridges this gap but still not quite I feel. The goal there is still sale volume whereas in a gallery setting maybe its more of a piece by piece emphasis.

[philip nod]

i wish ccp would do this.
too bad the clothes are blah.