It seems as though the fashion industry is working to maintain relevance in an increasingly desperate economic time, and in some ways it succeeded. In some ways it did not; it seems as though the focus of Fall Fashion is tending towards unabashed decadence, which seems off-key in such an economic time.
Here's what I mean. So much fabric, so much (amazing) tulle. These are certainly not DIY looks. Later in the show we saw fur, another fall trend that seems tone-deaf in a time that is not only economically, but ecologically sensitive.
In a way though, it lives up to fantasies of wealth and luxury that would be performed more rigorously and religiously in times of extreme status anxiety. There was an element of costume in the show (notice the fur), and some of the pieces even alluded to 1920s/1930s fashion (a product of the Met show?), a fashion born of another depressed era.
Notice the fur here:
The wigs are right out of the Met show. The dresses are updated in the fabric and the asymmetry, but they are clearly alluding to another time, similar in many ways to our own.
Anyway, enough of that! Here are some pretty clothes:
I know I criticized these pieces for being too decadent, but they really are beautiful.
More to come! Happy Fashion Week!
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