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| Kanye takes his bow |
So Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen can ask $39,000 for a handbag, Kanye West can debut a collection during Paris Fashion Week and Victoria Beckham can be described as a great designer. Is this the last (almost) logical extension of celebrity culture into our lives…………
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| $39,000 for a handbag from a couple of actors? |
Celebrities still aren’t content with being recognised in their field of excellence, acting, music or in the case of some, not really much at all other than having rich parents, but they still feel that they should complete themselves with a clothing line.
The saddest part of this is that (real) designers who were recognised for being creative in their own right are now having to much like writers “ghost design” on behalf of their celebrity employers who take the bow, take the credit and are recognised for something they often have had little input in whatsoever other than lending the gleam of their cult of personality.
The biggest problem with this phenomenon is that as soon as a brand appears it so often disappears, linked so closely with a celebrity that once their star fades so do the sales.
For every Sean John or Rocawear that seems to trundle on despite the faux pass of its celebrity designer in chief, there are many that have failed along the way and the mere mention of that brand makes people laugh or cringe that they ever thought this was worth their hard earned cash.
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| No matter how much you want to be like them, this is not a good look |
Even Kanye West who just launched at Paris fashion week is not immune. His Pastelle clothing collection imploded after he took to the stage at the MTV awards and aired his complaints about Beyonce not winning. JLO has had three clothing collections fail, JLO, Just Sweet and Sweetface, but still keeps trying! Lets not even go near the Natalie Portman and her foray into vegan friendly footwear.
My point being I think we really have to question a celebrity clothing line launched by someone who has to employ a stylist to dress them in the first place.
