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Originally posted by messenoire
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There is already a significant influx of "artisanal" brands......whatever that word really means. Many brands that are considered artisanal are not, at least not in the truest sense of the word/ process.
True artisanship takes years of trial and error, experience and acquiring the knowledge to make things in a certain way. The truth of the matter is that we live in a world where it is increasingly difficult to approach fashion like this, because of the speed with which clothing has to get to the stores/ marketed or whatever.Only very few can manage to sustain an artisanal company as it is a very difficult thing at times.
With respect to celebrities/ famous people..........whatever we think of them here on SZ, we designers ( and even the people who hold them in disdain) are dependent on them to an extent to buy products we make for higher prices, if even to have in their huge collections of clothing that sometimes may end up not even being worn. The money goes towards keeping many designers business going, which may not be possible without these clients who have huge disposable incomes to buy clothing.
I want to tell you a Interesting story.
There is a young man here in my building, who owns a CCP Jacket that I had never seen that style before, but there are definitely certain CCP features to it that made me curious about who/ what is the designer of the jacket. One day in the elevator out of curiosity I asked him by whom was his jacket, thinking it may have been a knock off.
He replied, "I am not sure let me Check" whipped it off and showed me the label. Low and behold it was definitely a Carol jacket. He then began to tell me he got it from his boss who was moving out of his apartment and getting rid of stuff so he gave it to him with several other leather jackets that may or may not be from the same designer.
His boss so happens to own a huge active wear company and fan of the designer.
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