There’s a reason models look bored
Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn scolds the fashion industry for not participating in the digital age (and, to my pleasant surprise, she quotes me):
But the real reason for the growing sense of boredom is that the fashion world is not participating in the technology revolution. It is outside the medium rather than inside it. The discouraging thing about watching models flip down the runway is that it doesn’t allow you to look at and think about fashion in a new way. It’s the same aesthetic trip, and the Web has widened our emotional and aesthetic expectations….The Web is actually proof of just how out of touch most designers are. Tom Ford, who was considered a great communicator at Gucci and is now attempting to make movies and get back into fashion, does not even have a Web site. A blog? A podcast? I can’t think of a designer who has one.
She then starts a riff suggesting that Ford should make fashionable porn…. Even when I worked at Conde, I didn’t really understand fashion.
Tags: Culture
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Well, here one slick model that’s a few clicks ahead. Anina.net.
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:59 pm
Let’s face it bubala, just going by that cadaverous looking pic on this blog, you couldn’t get a model to piss on you if your hair was on fire, so you really, really shouldn’t comment on how they look. Crude assertion? Sure, but then again, according to blogboy every citizenjournalist should have the same right to comment as any reporter at the NYT. Now I’m going to go make up some shit at wikipedia. I thank you.
December 23rd, 2005 at 2:51 am
Frankly I find a non-smiling woman very unattractive.
Could it be that the fashion industry is dependent upon physical proximity - the shows and so forth - and/or is afraid that appearing on the web will sully their image? Very bizarre attitude.
December 23rd, 2005 at 7:31 am
She hasn’t looked very hard - I’ve seen a few designer blogs myself. They’re not of Ford status, but then few designers are.
December 23rd, 2005 at 8:47 am
David Boatman has a good online video diary about the fashion scene.
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/S2006RTW/videodiary/
December 24th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
True, as Jackie and Jonny say, there are some designer blogs and video diaries, but the phrase “ivory tower” suddenly has new meaning. Totally agree about the corpse models.
December 25th, 2005 at 12:53 am
Eh, all I wanna know about the fashion industry is why all the women modeling look like skeletons or 10-year-old boys…
I remember I used to joke with my friends that I was gonna get into that field just so I could fill the runways with women that look like the girls in rap videos.
December 25th, 2005 at 11:51 am
[with a sigh, and a sad look of dissapointment] i am just sorry that we, models, look like courpses to you.
[looks up in delight] but why not–get into the industry and help the change if it is what should happen? [with a clever look in her eye] modeling is more than that: what i learned when i went to interview all these top models for my art exhibition in paris, i learned that the model used to be more than just a coathanger. they were important parts in the fashion industry. deisngers asked about ergonomic design of the clothese, ie how comfortable they were, what fabrics felt like on the skin, etc. it was really cool to listen to these women speak about how it used to be. i believe that technology can empower the fashion industry to move into the future. that’s why i created http://360fashion.anina.net
best wishes,
anina
http://www.anina.net
December 26th, 2005 at 3:09 am
I have found well over 300 designers with websites and maintain a comprehensive fashion directory, but in general the fashion industry is slow technologically…
http://www.andilinks.com/designers.shtm
http://www.andilinks.com/afindex.shtm
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:44 am
Hi,
I wonder if you can help me?
I am a trainee journalist and I’m keen to start writing articles which focus on interesting and new ideas. Your website really interested me and I wanted to know what your general thoughts were on fashion?
My main question is originality. Do you think that girls are becoming bored of fashion? More importantly do you think that it is OK to be a bit different and dress individually, rather than just following the latest trends.
Lastly, do you think that the models today present good ideas? and also set good examples to young women?
I will be truly grateful for any opinions which you have on this subject.
Kind regards,
Lindsay Ullmann