![]() ![]() Where can we stick it in the issue and then forget about how it scarred our eyes forever?”) And even if a label doesn’t advertise, you might not want to say anything that would offend them because they can ban you from their fashion shows and parties and refuse to speak to you for the rest of time. ![]() (The not-offending-advertisers problem is so bad that a friend who worked at one of your typical women’s fashion print titles told me they would sit around the conference table and say things like, “This sneaker is hideous but we have to shoot it because the brand made a big ad buy. They spend enough money on advertising to continually get their clothing photographed and promoted by the top magazines and hold sway over most honest critiques of their work. So, without the same window of criticism that movies or restaurants are subjected to, designers have little reason to reel themselves in. The other thing about fashion reviews that you read, well, pretty much anywhere is that very, very few are negative because you can’t piss off the labels that are paying an assload of money to advertise on your site or in your magazine. And other fashion people will compare you to Darwin or label you a “ psychoanalyst of style.” I wonder if these designers are thinking “what ugly or totally stupid-looking thing can I send down the runway to get people who want to prove they UNDERSTAND fashion to rave over how genius I am?” And then laughing when, without fail, that very thing happens every time they sew some clothes. ![]()
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