GUYS. WE NEED TO TALK. I think we all know what I'm referring to.
You might remember that I mentioned purchasing a martini-emblazoned sweatshirt in my post on irony awhile ago. Maybe you thought to yourself oh, she's being ironic. Welp, I'm sorry
So anyways I AM GETTING TO THE POINT. Here's the point, or really, the question: can a sequined martini glass sweatshirt be considered "FASHION"? If so, is this a conditional qualification? Does it depend on who's wearing it? What he or she has paired it with? If it's actually an (intended) statement of sartorial irony?
I'm asking for a friend, obvs.
Truly, though, in a world where street style has practically taken over as the main reference point for what's current (concrete runway > real runway?), and the ironic it-factor of personal style seems to have more real, translatable impact than the pages of a fashion magazine, is there even such a thing as "high" fashion anymore? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN ANYMORE?
When the upper echelon expressions of the fashion world, i.e. Paris Couture Week, appear to be exhibiting tell-tale hints of stylish irony (a Bollywood-influenced Mother Ginger, for example), where is the line? Should there be a line? Is fashionable irony the new anti-snobbery and, if so, is anti-snobbery the new snobbery? Are these questions exhausting? Should I write a manifesto entitled The Irony Diaries: Conversations With Myself?
I'm just intrigued, folks. I'm intrigued that every time I see a Markus Lupfer creation, I am tempted to shell out $485 for a sweater featuring glittery ice cream cones. I'm intrigued that something fleece-lined and possibly beer-stained could now pass as couture. I'm muchos curious about where this movement is headed.
But curiosity killed the cat, so in the meantime, I'm going to go ahead and just enjoy it. How cool is it that my former night-in-on-the-couch ensemble could now potentially pass as a nod to changes in the highest of high fashion? Pretty darn cool.
Oh and here's me trying the make the sequined martini sweatshirt look normal and all that L to the OL.
Urban Renewal sweatshirt (purchased in the vintage section of a London Urban Outfitters- similar idea here and here), H&M plaid button-down (similar here), ICB skirt, H&M shoes (similar here).