Re: Carol Christian Poell
[quote user="laika"]
I don't know, Faust. [:(]
I hear what you are saying, and I would like to believe it myself. It's all very romantic and appealing, especially to those of us who can
afford to be romantic about these things--the handmade, the old
fashioned, etc. Perhaps that is indeed Altieri's aesthetic, or his "concept." But I don't think it is his ethics or his politics--unless you can assure me that the people who make his clothes can afford them (at retail)
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Why this criteria though? Ferrari makers can't afford to take them home either :-) But, yea, maybe I'm being to wishful here - I don't know what goes on through Altieri's head, maybe he's just a money-grabbing capitalist :-). I know what goes on through my head though! People so often confuse fashion with materialism, but materialism can lie so far outside fashion, and at the same time very little of it can be found in fashion. I mean, honestly, why would Margiela do the same thing time after time after time - even create entire lines (4 and 14) that he thinks should be a basic wardrobe, with virtually no changes except colors and fabrics. It makes no sense to think that his intent to pump stuff out every six months in order to drive consumerism, the fact that it still drives consumerism (I'm sure there are Margiela fans that want that v-neck sweater in 15 fabrics and colors and they collect them) does not refute Margiela's idea. I guess that's what I was getting at. Same way with Altieri. Heh, the more I think about those two, the more similarities I uncover between them. So much for their differences.
[quote user="laika"]
I don't know, Faust. [:(]
I hear what you are saying, and I would like to believe it myself. It's all very romantic and appealing, especially to those of us who can
afford to be romantic about these things--the handmade, the old
fashioned, etc. Perhaps that is indeed Altieri's aesthetic, or his "concept." But I don't think it is his ethics or his politics--unless you can assure me that the people who make his clothes can afford them (at retail)
[/quote]
Why this criteria though? Ferrari makers can't afford to take them home either :-) But, yea, maybe I'm being to wishful here - I don't know what goes on through Altieri's head, maybe he's just a money-grabbing capitalist :-). I know what goes on through my head though! People so often confuse fashion with materialism, but materialism can lie so far outside fashion, and at the same time very little of it can be found in fashion. I mean, honestly, why would Margiela do the same thing time after time after time - even create entire lines (4 and 14) that he thinks should be a basic wardrobe, with virtually no changes except colors and fabrics. It makes no sense to think that his intent to pump stuff out every six months in order to drive consumerism, the fact that it still drives consumerism (I'm sure there are Margiela fans that want that v-neck sweater in 15 fabrics and colors and they collect them) does not refute Margiela's idea. I guess that's what I was getting at. Same way with Altieri. Heh, the more I think about those two, the more similarities I uncover between them. So much for their differences.
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