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.
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This is a reason I think fashion in many black and white movies is so amazing. There is so much beauty, silhouette, contrast, texture. One might suppose movies got more beautiful when they went color, but still my favorites to watch, aesthetic-wise, are black and white. But then again, I've always been drawn more towards simplicity.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a color person, in general-- I like the dark, deep, and somber, with that contrast of white on occassion or a vibrant splash of red.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I think you are right-- fashion should not be recreating what exists, but redefining art and fashion as a whole, from the vision on, and redefining reality.
Did I even make sense? :)