February 27, 2005
d-grade fashionista junk
Since then he has become the first tailor to stage a Paris catwalk show, while also featuring his own collection at the Milan Menswear Show. This week his latest ready-to-wear Givenchy collection went on show in Paris.
Along the way, Boateng has also built up a stellar list of clients that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Mick Jagger, Will Smith, Jude Law and David Bowie.
Usually when a fashion designer names a list of illustrious celebrity patrons, it means “We’ve been handing out freebies like nobody’s business.”
Celebs never pay for anything in fashion. Every schoolchild knows this.
Old media are always harping on about how their main advantage over bloggers is their “objectivity”. Reading this little ill-informed PR tout, I just go “Bullshit”.
But that’s what Big Media can’t get their head around. Here’s Tom giving out A-Grade Savile Row information for free, while here’s some Time Warner fashionista giving out D-Grade junk and expecting to be paid for it. And no corporate strategy meatpuppet knows what the hell to do about it.
Well fingered. It is breathless hype. I hope it happens a lot less in future. Keep up the good work nailing it.