Trends on the Runway: Are They Worth It?

          Some trends on the fashion runway are a little, shall we say, expensive.  What I do not understand about these designers is that they seem to target the average consumer while placing high prices on their clothes.  If someone says to me that this is the high price of fashion, I get that.  But what makes some of these ridiculously looking clothes fashionable?  When you look at some of these designs, think to yourself, "Would I wear it?"  

          The 2010 Fall Collections of many designers are very expensive.  One designer, Akris, has some clean-cut clothes at a high price.  They range from 1,000 something dollars to 200 something dollars. Burberry Prorsum's outfits are in the thousands.  Is it worth it to wear these clothes for which you are paying so much when you might find something close at a thrift store for 2 dollars?  I walked into a consignment shop, and there were some famous designer clothes there for 10 dollars or 15 dollars.  So, I repeat the question, is it worth it? 

          Most of the dresses that people buy today are worth one wear and then they are shoved to the back of the closet.  I think that's a waste of money.  When you buy clothes, you are meant to wear them more than once.  If you are looking for a really beautiful dress that you are planning to wear to multiple important gatherings AND you have the money to spare (when I say money to spare, I mean more than the usual amount),  look at BCBG Max Azria.  Prices are in the hundreds. Another designer who has plenty of unusual patterns (for those of you who love patterns) is Diane von Furstenberg.  Prices are also in the hundreds.  For the "average Jane," there are some nice modest dresses in J.C. Penny.  I guess...

          I have one more thing to add.  If you want to buy some of these designer dresses and clothes, go to overstock.com.  "The O" has great bargains.  If it is a problem for you to wear clothes that are from last season (gasp!), then you need to read some of my prior posts.  

Meditation on Trends/Fads (Meditation 1)

     Unlike most teenagers, I do not like Aeropostale, Hollister, Abercrombie, or Abercrombie and Fitch.  I have noticed that all of these market very skimpy shirts, and their sweaters are equivalent to their shirts.  The jeans are not of terrible quality, but these stores need to learn that everyone has a different shape.  Not every teenage girl has a high metabolism making her a human pin needle.  Some of us actually have curves, and we sometimes can't --or shouldn't-- wear low-cut jeans.  I recommend that these designers should try some natural waist slimming jeans, jeggings, boot cut jeans and other styles.   

          I love designs that are meant for any shape, and that are very durable and comfortable.  I love stores such as Banana Republic, Lands' End, L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, and American Eagle.  American Eagle should make their shirts a little more durable and not so skimpy.  Also, natural waist jeans wouldn't hurt.  Anyway, at Banana Republic, the clothes are modern, durable, they look good, they are clean cut and crisp.  At Lands' End, L.L. Bean, and Eddie Bauer, the clothes are very durable as well, and they are of great quality.  I don't see anything wrong with that.

          My friends tell me I need a new wardrobe, and I look at them and  say, yes, I do.   The difference between what I mean and what they are saying is I want more of a voice in the clothes I wear, rather than the image promoted by "their" clothing companies.  My friends tell me that something I wear isn't cool.  Well, what makes something cool?  Is something cool if everyone wears it?  Is something cool if it comes from a specific clothing company?  I have my own definition of cool, as follows.

Cool-(n.) Something amazing, awesome, nice, great.  Something that is admired or loved by a person.  Something radical.  

          Not everyone has to wear the same clothing brand.  Not everyone has to agree with everyone else on clothes.  People, think singularity.  If you want to be original and you want to wear skinny jeans, then you are not being very original because everyone is wearing them!  Just because something is "trending" does not mean that it makes you look good.  People think that because something is "trending," they have to wear it immediately because it will make them seem up-to-date.  

          Trends are fads, and don't usually last long.  Whenever a company that "everyone loves" comes out with something new, it's considering trending.  It's just a way for the company to create more fads (something that doesn't last long) and earn quick money.  Think realistically, people. 

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