Originally posted by TheInformalGenius
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EDIT: I want to expand on this because it's been bothering me for a little while now. Maybe I'm just becoming a grumpy curmudgeon as I edge toward 30. But this is literally the price we pay as a consuming culture for not being discerning and not holding what should be the pinnacle of the industry to high enough standards.
Balmain sends overly designed and kitschy military inspired clothes down the runway that have been done to death, slaps a four figure price tag on some jeans, and the public and the vapid magazines eat it up. Hedi does uninspired rehashes of 10 year old designs from his Dior Homme days, slaps an even bigger price tag on his clothes, and he's lauded for it and SLP's revenues skyrocket. People use the term "SLP aesthetic" as if he created skinny jeans and chelsea boots. Vetements sells memes for hundreds of dollars and people wax lyrical about how clever and tongue-in-cheek it is. It's become an arms race of the emperor's new clothes.
Maybe $2,000 jeans and $5,000 parkas that look like shit are what we deserve for being such stupid consumers. Ssense bought a lot of that garbage so they're clearly confident in selling it.
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