A FASHION MEMOIRves Saint Laurent, also know as Saint Laurent is a french luxury fashion house founded in 1961.
On page 7, Pierre Berge writes "is fashion an art? the question has often been asked over the last few years and not about fashion alone. Like cinema, painting, music, literature, and poetry, fashion is an art when practiced by an artist." The problem i find myself facing is that once something is submitted into this art collective, it becomes public opinion, in other words the piece is entirely subjective, questioning the validity of personal opinion. So whose place is it to pick and choose who and what defines art and the expectations required. He goes on to talk about 'Haute Couture'; expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading by fashion houses, was born the day women, tired of being subjected to the vagaries of fashion, demanded a set of rules to provide them with the reassurance they needed." Pierre makes a valid point in that couture only exists to be lived, it must share the life of the women who wear it, relating back to the ideology that your art is your struggle, and the communication of your story. |