True Couture, real or not?
The YES and the NO of what is right or wrong.
Yesterday I was criticized for suggesting that spanks should NOT be seen from the outside in public, how easily it can be hidden by a thin belt. At the Inaugurational Liberty Ball last night, that “mistake” was fascinatingly fixed with a simple red little belt. Abso-fashion-lutely beautiful. Last week I predicted from my crystal ball, and it is very well documented by respected journalists, the 3rd Lady of the new President of America will be wearing Ralph Lauren with the touch of Jackie O - as she SO much seem to want that, and aspire to step into existing roles.
I am not sure that Ralph Lauren will be happy acknowledging that he turned into a dressmaker who had to be inspired by gowns originally created by Mr Valentino (who used to also design for Jackie -Bouvier Onassis Kennedy) – aka Jackie O. (Ralph Lauren is a true Couture designer who also designs for Mrs Hillary Clinton).
Many, if not all designers, have been inspired by several designers before me, dead or alive, and suppose I too will continue to do so, but while there are so much fake information available right from the start, the politics of fashion and style seem to be no different than politics itself. Too many "designers" pass off garments made by others as their own on social media and in general conversation, but let’s give credit where credit is due: regardless of what country a designer comes, Haute Couture (a French term protected by French law) is sacred and special and inspirational at the least and should be treated as such. There remains a vast difference between a dressmaker and a designer, regardless if it is in collaboration or “inspired by”. Just like there is a difference between cats and dogs. They are both alive, but you are called either the one or the other.
The Style Bible gives this entry into the public fashion and/or style arena a B minus.
It may soon turn into an A, but with that comes if the designers will be from across the new wall that is going to be built between USA and Mexico – like using a designer from “across” the wall (Herrera is from Venezuela), or sticking to this bureaucratic way of making fashionable choices as the First family of America.
Footnote: Inspiration can be found anywhere visible or not visible, heard or not heard and smelled or not smelt, felt or not felt. Collaborations are deals made: The gown is cheaper, or it is free, or the designer appreciates the publicity. To a true Couture Designer it leaves the final product as original, custom made, one of a kind, inspired, and even unknowingly iconic in finding solace in the appreciation thereof. This success is most often in hindsight.
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