This was mentioned in my class today, and I found it really interesting. My opinions?
I can see why celebrities are style icons. They are constantly watched by the public, and we all want to look like them and so I understand how celebrities and fashion have met. But what I don't understand is how they can claim to design a range of clothes.
'Kate Moss has officially turned her hand to design for the first time, having agreed to create a line for TopShop ', says an article on the Vogue website I read earlier. Isn't this a bit misleading? We all know she didn't design the clothes for TopShop, she would've got a hell of a lot of help from the very beginning. I can imagine her just picking out the fabrics and styles she likes, which she then claims as her own designs.
But as annoying this is for someone studying fashion and learning about the intricate details from designing to pattern-cutting to manufacture, it's OK for celebrities like Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham or Colleen Rooney because we keep buying 'their' clothes regardless.
Personally, I wouldn't go out and buy a dress just because it looks like something Kate Moss would wear, I would buy a dress that looks like something I'd wear!
Celebrity fashion, right or wrong? It doesn't really matter because as long as we keep on spending money, the amount of celebrities 'designing' their own ranges will become as popular as them adopting children (which is another topic for a blog sometime!).
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