Can someone who is into the so-called "fashion" world explain this?

[hiaasenrocks]

What a joke.



A model wears a creation by Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela for his Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

[redqueen]

1. Oh how I loathe fasion.

It looks like she's wearing a small dog bed around her neck.

[hiaasenrocks]

4. That's exactly what I was thinking. About the dog bed, and about fashion.

Every once in a while I'll see a news story with some footage from a fashion show and every single piece of clothing is something you'll never see out in public, in real life.

It makes me wonder -- are fashion shows like magic shows? People just go to watch something they'll never understand and/or be a part of themselves? If so, what's the point? I guess maybe to some people it's art. Oh well.

[FloridaJudy]

7. Or that she's recently had surgery

And has to wear that collar to keep her from licking the incision. Her legs sure don't match: maybe one is a transplant?

Does anyone take these fashion shows seriously? I'd be laughing my well-padded rear off. It's cruelty to humans to force someone to starve herself for the privilege of parading around in public wearing a ridiculous get-up like that.

[harmonicon]

32. she's not?!

I don't think that's just what it "looks like".

[mondo joe]

2. Not sure if this will help, but my understanding is that in fashion designers often put

out these totally avant garde productions that no one expects ordinary people to wear - they then also produce ready to wear items that are more realistic interpretations of the crazy things.

Edit to add: The real mystery here is that this is identified AS the ready to wear.

[hiaasenrocks]

5. It is strange, isn't it? I mean, am I crazy?

[mondo joe]

9. So my take is that either this is inacurately identfied as the ready to wear collection, OR

that some designer is going to lose the farm on this.

[hiaasenrocks]

11. You seem to know a lot about this stuff. Thanks for checking in.

If you don't mind my asking...isn't "fashion" a completely arbitrary thing? I often hear people saying "That's 'in' this year." Well, it's only "in" because someone just decided it was and then everyone marches in lockstep to that arbitrary declaration. It's not as though there's some kind of democratic (small "d"!) convention wherein people vote on what's "in" or "out," right? :)

Obviously, I know the answer. I'm just having fun with this.

[mondo joe]

12. I only know what I learned from Project Runway.

:-)

But I think there's 2 types of "fashion": prescriptive and descriptive. In the former there are people saying what will be/should be "in". In the latter it's just observing what's "in".

Of course then there's what's cutting edge and what's mainstream and which you are identifying as "in".

[truedelphi]

28. What a happy version of Project Runway...

My TV showed the version where a lot of people were "out" (I like your version better)

[ghostsofgiants]

6. That's pretty much what I was about to say.

[MrCoffee]

3. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

[hiaasenrocks]

8. .....

:bounce: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :bounce:

[mondo joe]

10. Holy shit! Who let this dog sleep in my high fashion sweater?

[democracyindanger]

13. Dismiss it if you want, but

if she didn't have that thing around her neck she'd be constantly chewing at the wound on her hind leg.

[kwassa]

14. Ready-to-wear dog beds. Pure genius.

[texas1928]

15. They found a new way to keep models from eating.

[LynneSin]

16. Answer - from someone who knows a bit about fashion

You're right - who the hell would buy this outfit. But these high end couture shows are used to show just what type of styles, colors and fabrics that the designer will probably be using in the main collection he/she would sell the the general public.

Perhaps this designer will be using polkadots or pants with 2-different leg patterns. You will never see stuff like this out there in the public but more toned down versions of what he shows.

[momophile]

17. it's moving art

it took me a long time to appreciate this kind of stuff but as soon as I stopped looking at it as something to wear, it all made sense. well, some of it anyways...
:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. no one expects to wear what is shown on a runway

however from that picture some real fashions will be born, for instance one shoulder tops are back, as are headband, velvets, tights etc

[DS1]

19. It's a suit for narcoleptic people

she could fall down while walking, and she'll always have a place to sleep

[hiaasenrocks]

27. LOL. I like that one.

[Javaman]

20. it's kind of cool in that blade runner sci-fi movie sort of way...nt

[Phillycat]

21. On the runway, designers are showcasing their art, which is not always wearable.

It wouldn't be something they would market for RTW or custom clients.

[Deep13]

22. It's for women who only get cold on the right side...

...and need a convenient place for a spare snow tire.

[siligut]

23. A press magnet.

It is doing what it was designed for, getting press. However, the responses in this thread are hilarious!

[Ellen Forradalom]

24. It's a showpiece to grab attention and publicity.

They don't at all expect people to wear this stuff.

That said, fashion is a very small, closed world with a subculture altogether different from everyday reality.

[LibertyLover]

25. Poor model

She apparently has had surgery in a delicate spot and her doctor has recommended that she wear a collar to prevent her from licking it.

[Deep13]

26. *snarf!*

:spray:

[noamnety]

29. I would wear it.

Good camouflage for double chins. I approve.

[margotb822]

30. I prefer a lapel pin

:patriot:

[DarkTirade]

31. It's like anime costumes on acid.

[DesEtoiles]

33. Aiiiiigghhh!!!

[DesEtoiles]

34. it looks like a cat bed

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. More proof that fashion designers hate women:

[Orsino]

36. Deadline in five minutes, and no design. n/t

[RainDog]

37. I'm no fashionista

that outfit is hideous.

but I love to watch the designers create something out of nothing on project runway. :shrug:

[trof]

38. It reminds me of this smilie:

:hide:

[Lady Freedom]

39. For some strange reason I can't help to think...

Chihuahua in a St. Bernard collar