Mislite da su samo na domaćoj modnoj sceni prisutni tračevi, ogovaranja i potcjenjivanja među kolegama dizajnerima i ostalim pripadnicima modne branše? Ma jok, promašili ste ako tako mislite. Kad je konkurencija u pitanju, svjetski poznati dizajneri također teško drže jezik za zubima, vole olakšati dušu pred kamerama i diktafonima, otvoreno reći što misle o svojim kolegama konkurentima a pritom malo poraditi i na svojoj samoreklami. Koliko tu ima kolegijalnosti, takta i ima li ga uopće, koliko su u svojim kritikama objektivni i dobivaju li uopće išta s negativnom reklamom konkurentu, ostavljaju li ipak dojam da su egocentrični, preemotivni, ljubomorni na kolege ili da vole vjetar skandala, procijenite sami.
Evo nekoliko najistaknutijih i najčešće spominjanih kritičara. Jedan od njih je slavni dizajner Azzedine Alaia. On Lagerfelda smatra karikaturom koja nikad nije držala škare u rukama!
“I don’t like his fashion, his spirit, his attitude. It’s too much caricature. Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life. That doesn’t mean that he’s not great, but he’s part of another system. He has capacity. One day he does photography, the next he does advertisements for Coca-Cola. I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement. We don’t do the same work. And I think that he is not doing a favor to young stylists who might think it works that way. They’re going to fall before they retire.”
Dakle, nakon ovoga, možemo slobodno reći: “Don’t expect any Alaia/Lagerfeld collaborations any time soon.”
O Anni Wintour također divne riječi. Poznato je da su njih dvoje u nikakvim odnosima već godinama ali sve se zaoštrilo ovog ljeta, kad je za Virgine Magazine izjavio:
“Anna runs the business [Vogue] very well, but not the fashion part. When I see how she is dressed, I don’t believe her tastes one second. I can say it loudly! She hasn’t photographed my work in years even if I am a best seller in the U.S. and I have 140 square meters at Barney’s. American women love me; I don’t need her support at all. Anna Wintour doesn’t deal with pictures; she is just doing PR and business, and she scares everybody. But when she sees me, she is the scared one.” www.virginemag.com
Ali…Alaia zna da “The devil may wear Prada, but she wouldn’t be caught dead in Alaia.” www.styleite.com
Dalje se Alaia pita:
“Anyway, who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one. Take Diana Vreeland, she is remembered because she was so chic. What she did with the magazine was great, with Avedon and all the great photographers. Vogue remains while its fashion editors come and go.”
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Karlu Lagerfeldu pak nije drag rad Wolfganga Joopa. No tu ne završava priča, on tvrdi da Joop nema svoje JA, odn da nema svoj stil a da je kao internacionalni dizajner nepoznat. Raf Simons i Jil Sander mu zvuče kao predsoblje u Friedhofu (groblje).
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Joop uzvraća udarac. ” Lagerfeld sve radi sam i još ima vremena fotografirati mlade dečke.” www.ok-magazin.de
Miuccia Prada na udaru Giorgia Armanija. “Njena moda je smiješna. Nisu ljudi klaunovi.” www.fashionologie.com
Pa sad recite… Objektivnost bez zadrške ili vatromet taštine?