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publication: Vogue Italia, March 2007
source: TheFashionSpot

source: NYTimes.com

source: TheFashionSpot

Creative industries are rightly named so when mainly constituted of experimentation, innovation, and the unconventional. Aside from conforming to consumer needs, these industries must constantly adopt a new-aged way of thinking, seeing, and creating. But what happens when that creativity becomes stale? I often feel this is the case, especially in fashion. Editorial spreads, collections, brand visions all have yielded to pressures of retail and ad sales, therefore generating the same glossy looks that no longer produce the fervor and sentiment that once filled an eager enthusiast of this particular art form. And yes, I get that the fashion industry has been undergoing drastic economic woes (just look at Conde Nast's recent history), because who can afford to spend--or is even willing to admit to spending--their hard-pressed money on luxury goods as fleeting as fashion? The same applies to designers, as evidenced by Doo.Ri's and Zac Posen's recent ventures into lower-priced lines for the safe "recessionista" (which needs to be banished into a book of never-to-be-used-again words, just saying). But that should not call for a complete and utter disregard of what's inventive and cutting-edge, as seen by the multitude of spreads above--all styled in the same lackluster Prada ensemble.

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