WHO: Said It Best: Lindsay Lohan/Ungaro
WWD reviewed Lindsay Lohan and Estrella Archs collaboration to bring “youth” to Parisian fashion house, Emanuel Ungaro. The “creative director”, Lohan, and designer, Arch, brought something other than youth to the runway. It was more of bubble gum meets ‘Lil Kim.
I would review this collection but no review states the obvious so tastefully and bluntly as yesterday’s WWD.
“No one ever said fashion design is brain surgery. It’s a different discipline altogether. But it is indeed a discipline and a commercial art, a fact variously muted and underscored by the celebrity infiltration of the last decade. And like brain surgery-yes, like brain surgery and all disciplines at which people work for years to develop proficiency-it has it’s rare geniuses and capable practitioners, all of whom must possess talent, skill and dedication. Being a young, pretty, controversial woman who looks good in clothes and photo ops just isn’t enough.”
It’s truth that is well written in response to the unfortunate take over of what used to be an art. New design talent like Christopher Kane (an understated capable practitioner) have earned the spotlight. This field is an art. Fashion design, fashion writing, fashion styling, and all related take practice, talent, and years of hard work and dedication. We are not judging Lohan. Who says she can’t produce works of art with training and practice? We are saying that a crash course in designing leggings does not produce a successful 44 piece spring collection.
Ungaro Spring '10
Ungaro Spring '10
