31st Dec 2006
Top (or Bottom) 10 in Fashion of 2006
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With so many lists floating around. I had to come up with my own moments in fashion of 2006. This is completely random and arbitrary based on musings of the entire year. Enjoy and comment if so inclined.
1. Best way to win over the press
Ban them from your show. As witnessed (or not) by Vogue’s and The New York Times’ writers at Dolce and Gabbana’s Spring 2006 show.
2. Biggest intentional fashion faux pas.
Britney flashing her vag to the press while getting out of a car. I don’t think anything can top the level of crass this reaches.
3. Breakout blog of 2006
The Sartorialist. If you’ve never heard of him, climb out from under your rock. He’s proven that walking down the street with a camera, while having intelligent discourse on fashion will win every. single. time.
4. Best dressed politican of 2006
Barack Obama. The casual not-quite-presidential-candidate-yet is setting the stage by wearing the suit sans tie and looking very good doing so.
5. Questionably boldest move of 2006
Julie Fredrickson of the Almost Girl blog slash Coutorture slash Anna Wintour fashion week fame had an impromptu interview with the headmistress. She lost a portion of her network as a result while being featured in almost every. single. fashion. publication. One to watch in 07.
6. Biggest lost to fashion 2006
Oleg Cassini - When you’re designing dresses for Jackie Kennedy there’s nothing left to say. The death of this icon of fashion is definitely a great lost.
7. Best collection of 2006
Rochas, just way too bad that the fashion house was shut down shortly thereafter. No need to fret, Olivier Theyskens is still around and Nina Ricci is the ultimate winner.
8. Overrated collection of 2006
The layered fall collection of Marc Jacobs. I apologize in advance and look forward to being shut down and having Papierblog shutdown by the fashion world at large in the new year.
9. Best fashion ad of 2006
That Nick Knight shot / Alexander McQueen Puma ad. While not exactly fashion in the strictest sense, it’s just beautiful.
10. Breakout story of 2006
There were many, but for selfish reasons I will say that the emergence of the fashion blog as the story of the year. For a long time the fashion press has been dominated by writers that were far removed from the person on the street. Blogs brought the human element to fashion simply by talking at eye level to the readers.
Posted by Eva @ 11:09 am
January 5th, 2007 at 5:20 am
[...] NOT. But I am all about top 10 lists and this Fashion in 2006 is an excellent example. Some of the things on the list I already knew about (and wish I didn’t, a la Britney) but there were quite a few that were new to me. And also interesting. I might not be all about fashion but I can admit that I find fashion interesting. When it’s in a Top 10 list like this, especially. Technorati Tags: 2006, fashion, top10 Posted on Friday, January 5th, 2007 at 5:20 pm In websites, entertainment, blogs | Comments RSS « Previous: Make Money [...]