Amy Fine Collins and Simon Doonan discussed what’s next for fashion.
LATEST AND GREATEST: After discussing her new book “The International Best Dressed List: The Official Story” Thursday night in SoHo, Amy Fine Collins and her inquisitor Simon Doonan fielded a few questions from the audience. Asked to name the next great American designer, Doonan said, “I don’t think it works that way anymore. The fashion landscape is 50 billion times bigger than it ever was.…Now the fashion landscape is basically infinite. It’s more about that. There isn’t one person driving it.
Doonan made the point that fashion is now more about brands like Supreme, which “has the most cojones in terms of driving sales.” That said, he believes there will always be eccentric people, who are dedicated to the craft of fashion. “There are people who are still doing that. Zac Posen and Isabel Toledo — people who work with fabric and who think about it,” he said.
From Doonan’s point of view, “We’re going through a very brand-y period in fashion. Maybe there will be a shift where we get back to more crafty, how-did-you-make-that.…There are people like Narciso Rodriguez, who are actually steeped in the craft of fashion and the construction of fabrics. There isn’t that much interest in the craft of fashion right now but that will swing back, don’t you think?”
Before she signed copies of her Rizzoli-published book at the RealReal’s Wooster Street store, Collins was asked about her connection to the company. In addition to being a friend of founder Julie Wainwright, Collins said she had been in the shop before. “This is the only shop with people in it.”
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