PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT

PLEASE EVERYONE, TAKE YOUR SEAT, FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT, AND ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT WE USED TO HEAR WHEN WE COULD TAKE A FLIGHT, AND THIS IS WHAT I AM HOPING TO EXPLAIN IN THIS BLOG.

FASHION BRANDS FOR MANY DECADES HAVE BENEFITED FROM CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS, EVEN TO NAME SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTS, OR COLLECTIONS, AFTER CELEBRITIES (LIKE HERMES NAMED A BAG AFTER GRACE KELLY AND ANOTHER ONE AFTER FRENCH ICON JANE BIRKIN ….)

BUT SINCE FASHION HAS BECOME FASTER, EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE, AND PRODUCTION TIMES ARE QUICKER THAN EVER, IT SEEMS THAT BECOMING A FASHION DESIGNER HAS ALSO BECOME A FAST AND EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE PROCESS; AND THAT’S WHERE I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH ALL THOSE WHO EXPLOIT THEIR FAME, WEALTH AND SOCIAL STATUS TO SUDDENLY CLAIM THEIR PLACE IN FASHION AS FASHION DESIGNERS.

THE REASONS WHY I STRONGLY DISAGREE? THERE ARE A FEW, BUT MY VERY FIRST ONE WOULD BE, WHY NOT TO TRY TO HELP TO RE-BALANCE THE FASHION BUSINESS BY ENCOURAGING ROW CREATIVITY TO EMERGE? TRY TO ELEVATE THE TALENT OF MILLION OF STUDENTS WHO ARE KILLING THEMSELVES TO HAVE A PLACE IN THIS INDUSTRY.

LEAVE THAT MARKET SHARE YOU ARE TAKING TO THOSE WHO HAVE, THE EXPERIENCE, THE SKILLS, TO THOSE WHO WERE MEANT TO BE IN THIS INDUSTRY. I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU NEED A DEGREE, BUT IF YOU ARE A SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL ARTIST OR AN ACTOR, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE BEST AT, AND POSSIBLY NOT WHAT YOUR AGENT IS MAKING YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING, BECAUSE IN THAT PROCESS YOU ARE KILLING THOUSANDS OF DREAMS, AND POSSIBLE TALENT THAT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EMERGE.

IF YOU HAVE AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO BE PART OF THE MAGICAL WORLD OF FASHION, PLEASE HELP TALENT BY SUPPORTING YOUNG DESIGNER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE SUFFERING THESE DAYS.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF MC.QUEEN HAVING WANTED TO RECORD AN ALBUM, OR KARL LARGERFELD TO BE THE NEXT 007.

REMEMBER WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND IF EVERYONE TAKES HIS/HER SEAT, WE CAN ALL ENJOY THE FLIGHT.