A comment on the state of world fashion

I'm 40 yrs. old and subscribe to several women's mags, and am very
interested in fashion, beauty, etc. I am appalled at the fashions I
see right now....they're soooo ugly.....mismatched, too-short, too
tight pants and tops...horrible colors...I can't believe anyone would
want to wear this stuff.

Fashion designers seem to be in it for shock value and it seems they
are always trying to outshock one another. Real women are looking for
classic simple pretty clothing that looks feminine and basic at the
same time. I'm really tired of what seems to have been a trend for
some time now, and cannot believe people are making money on this
stuff!! Some of it is nice, but most of it is trash.

-jll@alaska.net

The following is a an e-mail regarding our editorial on
Marc Jacobs:

All I can say is, "Right On!"

For years I have wondered why is Marc Jacobs,
soooo important to the American Fashion Scene?
And, for years, it has seemed as though I am one of
the only people who has felt this way about his talents.

Just as it's been time for Yves St. Laurent to retire,
can we please send Marc out to pasture as well?

He may have had that glimmer of talent when
he was a fresh face out of fashion school.
Now we know the real deal and it's about time
he find his seat next to Christian Roth on the boat
that's setting sail for the end of the earth.

-YvonneRTW@aol.com

(Editor's Note: We hear that Christian Francis Roth is starting
up a new company and will be sailing back from the ends of the earth!)

The following is an e-mail regarding Kate Bonn's story
on Hollywood and fashion:

"The article that appears on the Internet about the supposed
symbiotic relationship between the fashion industry and the
film industry was less than inspired. It is easy to say, I suppose,
that because one might find some two bit actor in the front
row of a fashion show, fashion and film thrive off of each other.
Pret-a-porter is an excellent example of how far from the truth such a
supposition is. Robert Altman, a Hollywood legend, came nowhere near
in capturing anything truthful about what may go on behind "the seams".

"Unzipped" on the other hand, did just that; however, the movie's
real attraction was Isaac Mizrahi's charm, without which, "Unzipped"
would have sat in the theaters like an bland chemise. Please realize
that the film industry needs fashion about as much as Cindy Crawford
needs breast implants (they both can live without them and still make
millions).

Michael P.

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