Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

VKS — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:54:23 GMT

I do not fully agree to the view that fashion thrives where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule. There are lots of fashion designers who have come up the hard way, going through the rough and tumble of life. In fact it is in the corporate world and in some other family run businesses where this trend is generously present.

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

Hemant — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:11:52 GMT

Good one mg!! .. you're very right about outfits being overpriced.. the average urbad indian aspires to wear designer outfits.. but can rarely afford them!

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

mg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:38:33 GMT

my problem is that today every girl / boy wants to be either a fashion model, a singer, dancer thanks to the overexposure given to these on the TV and media.. nobody wants to be a scientist, doctor, teacher, engineer.... we will soon become a country of models, singers and dancers!! i really dont have much understanding of fashion, dresses etc but recently a lady office colleauge from France was in town and somehow the conversation turned to fashion from software/ programming. She said that the things churned out by the indian fashion industry is so stupid and unsuited for the international fashion scene. She said that the indian dresses are so loud, with so much of embroidery etc.. somehow the indian designers are fixated on this embroidery thing and overdo it.. as arjun pointed out she also said as a function of average incomes in india the dresses etc are so overpriced... and that the indian designers did not have their feet on the ground!!! and to her they neither looked/ behaved indian nor European ( classic dhobi ka kutta.. na ghar ka na ghat ka) :-))))

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

sarika — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:03:02 GMT

i think bhandarkar's fashion was quite representative of how the indian fashion industry works. a day before the release, some papers reported, "bhandarkar strikes again". many in the fashion industry were paranoid - wondering if and how they would be caricatured in teh film. indeed he has made many references to recent incidents, episodes and rumours, ruffling many a feather. fashion and the antics of this fraternity does make for good copy

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

mg — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:09:03 GMT

Quite agree with you Arjun.......well said. T shirt for Rs 40K..... aaaaaaaarrghhhhhhhh

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

Arjun — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:06:38 GMT

Thanks to a fashion obsessed girl friend i have seen umpteen fashion shows. All i will say is that it is the most pretentious industry, grabbing the maximum page 3 space and creating the most mediocre, most over priced creations. that is another matter that my girl friend got me to buy her a designer t-shirt for Rs40,000 for her birthday!!!

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

aradhana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:32:48 GMT

a good designer will always make her mark eventually. but the road could be long and tortuous. it is quite common for established designers to have 'ghost designers' where they pass off other's work unflinchingly as their wwn. this is an accepted practice and anyone getting into the profession should know it.

re: Does talent have a chance in fashion where legacies, inheritances and protégés rule?

Pia — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:17:41 GMT

All budding designers try to get associated with big fashion houses, that for them is the first step. They get a big brand to work under and these fashion houses get fresh talent... however if you're really good and your work gets appreciated, but you dont get credit for it, it would tend to bother you after a while.. but then it cant be a win win situation. If a designer is really talented they eventually will move out and start something small of their own after learning the tricks of the trade, making contacts and using the Brand name that they worked for.. but how many of them actually make it big? We see young designers and we think yes, if you are good you will get noticed.. but what about those countless designers who slog and yet dont make it big.. we don't hear about them.. but their stories still exist.. Its quite ironic that an industry which is supposed to be pretty from the outside is just the opposite from the inside, be it a model or a designer..