I was reading my Vogue UK news and was surprised to hear
that David Beckham was launching his H&M Bodywear collection today! Since
when did he become a fashion designer? Did he do 4 years of labour intensive
design school and years of unpaid interning while concurring the soccer (or
should I say football) field?
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| I had to post this one from his new Bodywear collection. |
It is an ongoing trend for celebrities to start their own
fashion labels or guest star as a “designer” for a label and I have to say I am
not a fan. On a positive note, their
labels sell because of all the star gazed customers that want whatever the
celebs have. But, is it fair to all the hard working designers that struggled
for years to get where they are now? I don’t blame us consumers for wanting to
look like the celebrities modeling their own collection; I mean have you seen
how hot David Beckham looks in his H&M sweatpants? But I think we should
acknowledge the team of professionals that must have to help out so that their
creations can actually be constructed.
Fair JAKE is still young so we don’t have to compete with
all the celebrity lines as of yet but hopefully in a year or two or five we
will have people lining up for our latest collection!
What do you all think? Are you a supporter of the celebrity
turned fashion designer trend or not?
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