Берендонк о современной ситуации в моде
What do you think about the state of fashion now?
When we were studying at school there was a kind of explosion of talent. First you had the Italians that arrived with Armani and Versace and you had the French with Gaultier and Mugler and Montana and the year after you had the Japanese with Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto. For us it was an amazing time because it gave us a big sign that creativity could change things and conquer the world. That period I think was the most creative and the most explosive period in fashion. Since that time businessmen have been dominating what happens in fashion and even in the nineties it was much more dominated by the product managers than the designers and it's been like that for more than the past decade.
The Belgian movement was a movement of creativity but in a more balanced way. The force of the Belgians and why a lot of them have survived is because they understand the balance between creativity and making a good quality product.
Even when I was at school I was very interested in fashion I really enjoyed it but at the same time I really had my doubts about certain things. I was always interested in the underground and the underdog position and even afterwards when I started to work in fashion it was always a love hate relationship because there were always certain things that I really enjoyed and loved and others that I found disturbing or not ethical or just not right.
Fashion has become a big business and I think that is a very scary situation, if you look at what happened with people like Helmut Lang and Jil Sander who were bought and sold and put out. The fact that managers and businessmen have replaced strong designers is a clear sign that business is dominating fashion.
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When we were studying at school there was a kind of explosion of talent. First you had the Italians that arrived with Armani and Versace and you had the French with Gaultier and Mugler and Montana and the year after you had the Japanese with Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto. For us it was an amazing time because it gave us a big sign that creativity could change things and conquer the world. That period I think was the most creative and the most explosive period in fashion. Since that time businessmen have been dominating what happens in fashion and even in the nineties it was much more dominated by the product managers than the designers and it's been like that for more than the past decade.
The Belgian movement was a movement of creativity but in a more balanced way. The force of the Belgians and why a lot of them have survived is because they understand the balance between creativity and making a good quality product.
Even when I was at school I was very interested in fashion I really enjoyed it but at the same time I really had my doubts about certain things. I was always interested in the underground and the underdog position and even afterwards when I started to work in fashion it was always a love hate relationship because there were always certain things that I really enjoyed and loved and others that I found disturbing or not ethical or just not right.
Fashion has become a big business and I think that is a very scary situation, if you look at what happened with people like Helmut Lang and Jil Sander who were bought and sold and put out. The fact that managers and businessmen have replaced strong designers is a clear sign that business is dominating fashion.
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