Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Black White Red

Have you ever noticed that when people think of Chanel they think of black and white? and when they think of Dior they think of black white and green? And when people mention Valentino they have to give credit to Valentino Red? I was noticing this recently. Most major designers have a color scheme that seems to be set to work best on a black and white television screen. Their design is not so much about color as it is shape and expressing something new with fabric unlike newer designers who seem to take old ideas and combine them with new colors and only alter them slightly. This bothers me.
I think that the way they "design" should be more of just that. More design. Less copying. We should keep things simple. Keep things Black White and red. Not so busy and frilly and bright. Clothes, in short, should not make you impressed because of the busyness of the compilation but because they are simple and because of that simplicity they are beautiful.