Looking at the top three known to me: Chanel, D&G & Burberry this morning to get the heads up on the new seasons looks.
But taking all this high fashion in I always have the repulsion of the fashion industry. All this money for clothes?>? There are so much more important things to spend money on. I'm sure if they didn't spend so much on the set up of their fashion events and spent more on the poor or disadvantaged in the world This world wont be such a cold horrible place for the needy where the rich get more self obsessed and more charity minded. I'm sure they have a business plan that says if they put on a great show they can sell more and give more. But I feel sick thinking about the greed of this too.
But the artist in myself looks at these shows and loves the ultimate expression of someone with an idea and creates a beautiful range. The power of creation speaks to me as an artists as important and has a place in the world to make this world a hopefull and beautiful place.
I don't quite know what to do with this but maybe if the creative expression was done in a cost effective and recycled way that gave the needy a hand up. And is there a way to do it that doesn't look junky? But I don't think that the higher end of fashion would ever through its self into this mode because it would take telling the rich not to be obsessed with them selves. Some would but I'd say most would not. Can you imagine Hollywood stars going down the redcarpet in anything less than brand spanking new??
I think in the beauty industry that some jump on the back of some causes for good but the leader is the body shop so I think that I might be becoming a body shop independent distributor. Wonder if anyone out there know what its like to do this...Most online say that it is hard to compete with the local shops. maybe a distributor of something you can't get anywhere else. paulas choice is one this I'd love to do but they don't have a local thing in australia.
