Fashion has been and always is
connected with the art and aesthetics of the seemingly endless silhouette of
luxury and the shadows of clothing lines. There is something about that word,
cloaked and hidden in threads and seams of sketches and designs that accept the
idea of being such. And while one might say that this may never be passé,
one can also speak that, “Nay, regardless
of the sensibility of every piece of luxury to the dictatorial pronouncement of
what is supposed to be artful and pretty, fashion can never be completely and
absolutely synonymous to luxury without its uttered need for ‘economy’.”
And as luxury lives its well
painted life in the 21st century; the fashion names, existing or
emerging, revolving around its belt are now inevitably forced to enter a black
hole and make their way to a certain type of universe of the modern day
economic twists and turns.
Looking at it, may near or from
a thorough distance, to the dark swirling movement of the 'business' and style
forces, an individual (the designer, the spectator, the buyer, the editor, and
the producer as in this case) can prove that there is a flaming need to rely on
fashionably categorized numbers and somehow stop the always provoking and yet
fascinating fixation on sole reliance to pure art.
In this kind of setting, gone
are the days of purely design bases and now enter the prowess and importance of
people that could command the highest level of excellence in an ensemble's
quality (say style, texture, form, and materials) and that could dictate the
success of the designer in terms of money or clientele popularity. This
and all made the absolute deciding factor in today's world of fashion economy
and gave a whole lot of meaning to the greatest sense of the word which is
luxury.
Hence the Philippine Fashion
Week, the country's very own fashion Olympics, where 'gods' of the Modern World
of Luxury reign supreme and mortals showcased their aesthetics and imagination
and followed the gods' economic rulings in order to gain favor from them. (Words
by Anne Capinpin)
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