As Fashion Month draws to a close, an observation…. “Bohemian”, “70’s”, “hippie chic”… how many times have you read similar descriptions of countless collections? How does a “new” collection share a theme with so many other designer’s “new” collections? Is the idea to all be different….together? Burberry, Etro, Altuzarra, BCBG, Rebecca Minkoff, Ralph Lauren, the list goes on for days. Are firms like WGSN/Stylesight really the ones designing future lines with designers just adding their own touches of color, fabric, and adornments? Ok, that might be overstating things a bit but really, while I understand the challenge of creating something “new”, do we really need to have trends foisted upon us en masse? Pioneers don’t follow the same map, they make their own way. In the inimitable words of Coco Chanel, “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
