Feb

24

Is High Fashion Wearable?

Filed Under Fun with Eyewear 



Do you ever see advertisements in high fashion magazines that depict tiny women, as thin as a toothpick and as white as wall paint, in giant Dolce & Gabbana bug-eyed sunglasses and depressing grey fabric clothing that makes you think: “hey, does anybody wear this stuff?” Other than the occasional attention-starved actress or musician, who are these high class eyewear companies appealing to? Surely the average Australian doesn’t want to walk around looking anemic, anorexic and wearing clothing and eyewear that takes away all shape, femininity and leaves the wearer looking like a random human-insect hybrid.

So, if they are not appealing to the average, perfectly sane citizen who can make adult decisions for herself, then who is the target market? Sometimes I wonder if some fashion designers create looks that are so off the wall that they can only be trying to impress Tim Burton. To me, the pale lady in the image here looks like a once pretty girl with unwashed hair and a frame so tiny these grandma’s glasses barely fit on her face. She looks like a Tim Burton cartoon character, or a contestant on the TV show What Not to Wear.

All of this has left me wondering if high fashion is even wearable. Not only do the modern clothing designs leave much to be desired in terms of how much skin they cover, but also how they cover it. The human shape is completely demeaned and understated which begs the question of whether the fashion industry really even needs models. So, is high fashion wearable—not really, and definitely not by me.

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