6 May 2009
I don’t know if I should be pissed off or in love after reading this post at Wallpaper*. Why should I care? For one, the fashions from Maison Margiela pushes the limits of what I should wear into a mysterious abstract art. Although I feel they rule the edge of excitement in fashion, why is it that fashion houses feel so inclined to enter new territories such as interior and furniture design? Although this concept can work, I feel that often times fashion brands feel the pressure of making more and more money by expanding their brands to any object they can get a hold of rather than sticking with their core skills. The result is a future that holds Maison Margiela branded tube socks and coffee cups. Of course, if these objects actually existed I would be buying. I ain’t gonna lie.
Categories: Art | Fashion | Lust Factor: Hot | White
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May 11th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
We’ve been here before……DKNY toyed with the idea. But you learn fast that producing a line of furniture and a line of sunglasses are 2 different beasts. Although the 2 market Spring/Fall cycle is the same, showing furniture is different and “alot” and I repeat “alot” more work to get the line down the run way. When you show furniture, the buyer kicks the tires, if they like the form, no hot melt glue on a hem, to get the silouette down the runway. Furniture at a show needs to be close to perfection. Doors, drawers, edges, all must be perfect.
The costs to producing a line make the margins in furniture very thin.
I agree that in concept it can be done, but much the Trompe’, I believe the key is to design to the machine not build off the sketch pad.
Neil