Me and my camera in my home town, my capital city, my london
After the Brexshit heaviness of last couple of weeks I thought we could do with a mini time out (this situation clearly ain’t resolving anytime soon) and briefly indulge in something light and frothy, and what could be more frothy than a fashion show, despite it being the display of an industry that somewhat ironically takes itself very seriously. I have never been to a fashion show before and amazingly, all the cliches were present and correct. It really was remarkably like being in Zoolander and although there were no ‘blue steels’ on offer, the models favouring the ‘i’m like totally depressed by world events which just happens to accentuate my cheekbones’ look, I did see quite a few Mugatus (see yesterday’s pic).
People queued for over an hour to get in and it only lasted 15 minutes total, but based on the limited attention span of the crowd who did their utmost to keep their eyeballs off their smartphones, that didn’t seem too much of a problem. It was actually rather enjoyable, cool clothes from the KTZ range (kind of apocalyptic designer urban street wear, might be just the thing in these volatile times) cool soundtrack as curated by Belgian duo Nid & Sancy and a captivating crowd that just demanded to be looked at. Fashion is a world rewards the bold & the beautiful and clearly everyone here were winners. It is also a world that lives entirely independently of the real world, contained in its own impenetrable bubble, which right now, with the world in turmoil, is an incredibly appealing place to be.
With so much genuinely important things happening across the globe at this moment, it becomes harder & harder to convince ourselves that the trivial things we do in our lives are important, but if we don’t, we won’t be able to do them, so we pretend and get on with it, which is always a toughie, but right now it requires an enormous amount of internal convincing. We should really look to the fashion industry at this time, as they make this conundrum of existence seem effortless.