He's still doing a showroom presentation AFAIK as well as a lookbook which also has become more and more limited. Last one I saw in person was for Paranoid and then after that apparently stores had to return the lookbook to the CCP atelier after the season was over.
Certainly I can understand to an extent Carol's want to keep things under wraps. The design world is absolutely rife with idea stealing. That being said, it does put the designer in a quandry as you (presumably) want to see your work get some press so people at least know what the hell you're doing, yet at the same time you don't want to release images willy nilly just to see something a little too similar to yours show up under some other name.
That being said, I don't think Carol should worry about the latter, just like most designers that are really focused on what they're constructing/creating and are confident in their work and voice.
"artistic integrity" etc. etc. sure can be argued but at the end of the day it's still a business with employees to pay, machines to run, fabric to buy etc. and if people don't know what you're producing then people aren't buying not out of not wanting but out of not knowing.
Certainly I can understand to an extent Carol's want to keep things under wraps. The design world is absolutely rife with idea stealing. That being said, it does put the designer in a quandry as you (presumably) want to see your work get some press so people at least know what the hell you're doing, yet at the same time you don't want to release images willy nilly just to see something a little too similar to yours show up under some other name.
That being said, I don't think Carol should worry about the latter, just like most designers that are really focused on what they're constructing/creating and are confident in their work and voice.
"artistic integrity" etc. etc. sure can be argued but at the end of the day it's still a business with employees to pay, machines to run, fabric to buy etc. and if people don't know what you're producing then people aren't buying not out of not wanting but out of not knowing.
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