Fashion as an art form is worshipped by so many people, who religiously follow the catwalks, the glossy trendsetting magazines and the red carpet gowns of rich and famous people. This colourful crowd has always seem to me a little bit ridiculous, but also a little bit curious. Thoughts of Salvador Dali and his unruly and grothesque pop culture creations seem to come to mind when I look at a Vogue. Art for sale seems like sex for money to me. I must be skewd that way.
So my questions are: Why do so many subscribe to all the ideas that creators of fashion throw at us? Why is there so little critisism? Why do people worship at the altar of a Chanel bag?
Fashion as a way to manifest my personality, mood, ideologies I adopt and my sense of what is cute and cool, has always followed me through life. And maybe because I like to stand out from the crowd, I do not want to be a slave to the aesthetic visions that come from somebody else. Anybody. Not even Gucci, Hermes or Dolce & Gabbana. I feel a bit shocked knowing that having that latest or even classic shoes or bags, or garments costs fortune. And I do not mean - well do not buy expensive things, give the money to charity. It's your money you are free to use it as you wish. But I do not understand WHY should I pay the loads of cash that designer pieces cost if I can have well crafted, beautiful and unique thing for a fraction. To me fashion industry is too tendy and too mass media friendly to be an art form. But then maybe I grew up thinking the best art is produced from despair and hunger.
Don't get me wrong, the craftsmanship that goes into making most od the high fashion pieces is outstanding. And visions the designers have are often extraoridinary. Maybe in a way fashion is a medium of making art absorbsion more inclusive. Why go to an exhibition when you can whatch your catwalk show on tv or laptop? But then, without the catwalk, people might not see any extravagancy, there would be no creative initiative?
I think really, that being a slave to high fashion and the worshipper of any of that famous fashion creators is an easy way out to seem cool and current. I do not suppose that when there is any strong, important message in some of the designer work, it gets to many of their followers. Fashion is easy. Too easy. Like snapping a photo with a mobile. It gives people a false notion of being better than others for buying overprized stuff. And it makes you seem interested in art - in forms and colours and composition. But you get a MacDonald burger instead of real raw steak. The meat is not there in the fashion industry. The meat is in books, galleries, concert halls and long discussions with people, who like to share ideas, thoughts and will debate you to the ground.
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