When Fashion has an artistic disposition

The question whether fashion is art is as old as the industry itself. With fashion entering the limelight of an increasing number of museum exhibitions and a multitude of artists now collaborating with luxury labels, the distinct line that once separated fashion and art is more blurred. Nonetheless, there are several fashion enthusiasts who insist on the strict separation of both fields.

According to reports of Los Angeles Times, Marc Jacobs is one of the designers advocating for this perspective: "Fashion to me is not art because it is only valid if it is lived in and worn. I make clothes and bags and shoes for people to use, not to put up on a wall and look at. I think clothes in a museum are complete death".  Personally, I disagree with Jacobs on this issue since fashion and art make a perfect team. And Gan Lenses would probably corroborate my viewpoint.

Louis Vuitton's Cruise Collection 2012

In my humble opinion, Louis Vuitton has squandered its reputation of late. Although I've never known the true promise of the French apparel, it goes against the grain for me that almost everybody brags about a LV-bag - mostly simple forgeries which have no bearing at all on the prestige brand.

In the meantime, Marc Jacobs has poured oil on troubled waters. He definitely succeeded in abandoning the bourgeois image of Louis Vuitton: The new video lookbook provides evidence of it.

MBFW Roadshow - Where the cat walks

Yesterday's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Roadshow was totally awesome. We arrived at 8:30 pm and the first thing to do was lining up. There were probably hundres of fashion addicts waiting to be admitted, most of them were dressed quite nifty. Fortunately, we were put on the guest list so the entry flew smoothly. I was kinda wondering why several people directly ran up the stairs to the top floor but however, as it transpired, the catwalk was errected there. Unfortunately, we ran late which is why we didnt't manage it to grab a seat near the catwalk. So we deferred to the queue-jumpers and waited for the next runway show on 9:30 pm. In the meantime, I scarfed down some canapés and drank my delicious, yummy yummy mango-orange and rasperry-blackberry smoothies listening to some groovy jazz.

A fairy long time later - the first runway show had already come to an end - we sntached some front-row-seats for the second show and I walked on air. Just a few minutes later, Alexander Mazza, a German TV-moderator, inaugurated the show. After closing his speech, the runway show started with Alexandra Kiesels collection "Building Block Individuals 6/12/24”/Baukasten Individualisten 12/6/24", monochrome classics in red, green, yellow and blue - primary colors just like Bauhaus architects would have used them. With her collection Alexandra democratizes fashion in a way everybody is possible to find his/her own style and to mix the "modules" in flexible combinations. Not for nothing, Marc Jacobs elected her to win the "Designer For Tomorrow"-Award.

During the course of the evening, nameable other designer's collections entered the stage, thereunder Gant, MarcCain or Roeckl. Moreover, you could indulge yourself with beauty products by Barbor or do some late night shopping until 12 pm. And after I received my give-away bag (with products of Barbor & Shisheido) I drew a conclusion of the night: The Mercedes Benz Fashion Roadshow was totally terrific.

Like the 2nd photo above, I made some photos myself, so click underneath to get some front-row impressions.

New Lookbook by Opening Ceremony

The motto of Opening Ceremony this spring: a little bit of the 70's mixed with french stripes and salsa-rhythm. With Lindsay Wixson and photographer Terry Richardson, the brand created a really colorful lookbook. But it's a moot point whether fashionistas know how to combine these fringed dress slit tops and skirts. Maybe you have a look at Marc Jacob's designs this season as he probably is Opening Ceremonies role model for their new collection.

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