https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:04:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-976024 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:36:02 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 976024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like Marni is in crisis, not you. <br />I know what you mean about not finding what you want in the stores. I've been keeping an eye out for track-pant styles to try on, since seeing them here at YLF. And it's curious how few of them are actually available to try on. I did manage to find a few pairs, but there were some stores or departments where the sales associates would show me something so NOT the trend at all that I had a hard time not laughing out loud.<br />You are too funny--colander hats and soda can yokes!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-976006 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:19:32 +0000 rachylou 976006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, yeah, that's a big question of mine, MNsara. What happens when the prepurchase falls flat?</p> <p>And... frankly, I worry that getting out so far ahead of ourselves will actually encourage that to happen. You're definitely in last year's news at that point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975978 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:44:48 +0000 MNsara 975978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Crazy indeed!&nbsp; And what happens when someone prepurchases a 2014 style that falls flat on its face in 2013. . .?&nbsp; (not that designers are known for going OTT, or anything like that) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975965 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:31:13 +0000 Anonymous 975965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's just crazy. Your fashion prophecy may well come to pass! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975789 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:42:52 +0000 rachylou 975789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ya, I do think it <i>has </i>to do with buzz and must play on that feeling of fashion crisis - being behind. But it's sort of dismantling the whole thing for me. I'm just confused. I go into stores and can't find what I'm looking for because they're way off from arriving or were cleared out ages ago, so I'm disappointed. Even a bit paralysed. How can I follow a trend if I can't even find it?</p> <p>I think things are gonna have to tribalise even more in fashion. It's the End of Dominant Culture. Zombie World approaches. These people will have snippets of this and those people will have snippets of that. You'll have those who wear the colanders on their heads and those who wear the macrame soda can yokes. No more fashion leaders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975298 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 06:19:56 +0000 Archer 975298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you think it might be that so many people buy bargains at the end of seasons so the tantalising waiver of the 'next season' s sent to cash in to play on the kinds of insecurities that are created by being a season behind and exploit the very crises that you wish to avoid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975297 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 06:18:35 +0000 CocoLion 975297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's intended to build buzz/hype. As in this stuff is so hot(scarce, valuable)that you need to reserve yours now or you won't get yours. It is also a tool to generate early revenue and to assess potential demand at the least. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975292 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:54:08 +0000 bj1111 975292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deborah, you got it! Lemme call my lawyer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975286 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:16:05 +0000 Deborah 975286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bj just pop me down as your beneficiary on your order if you like! : </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975283 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:12:09 +0000 Adelfa 975283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Suz--I mostly can't even deal with the NAS because our Fall temperatures don't come till the end of November, or later! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975243 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:09:37 +0000 bj1111 975243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>this is RIDIC. &nbsp;i could be dead by summer '14. &nbsp;then who's gonna wear my pre-ordered duds?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975207 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:22:18 +0000 velvetychocolate 975207@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This reminds me of those pre-sale condos - they won't be ready until some umpteen months or years into the future. From what I gather - the developer needs to 'pre-sell' a certain percentage of units in order to get financing to build the project. </p> <p>Not suggesting that a fashion designer needs financing, but - I can't help but wonder if it's a way to have some sort of 'buy-in' ahead of time? </p> <p>You won't catch me buying something for 2014 right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975204 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:07:35 +0000 abc 975204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's them, not you! &nbsp;That is just bizzare and wrong. &nbsp;I would like to know who actually DOES order that early and more importantly, why. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975201 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:04:52 +0000 ManidipaM 975201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, guess who's still shopping for this summer, well past midsummer? Yeah, no help here. Just bugging eyes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975014 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:07:13 +0000 Suz 975014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. And I thought NAS was hard. Clearly I have a lot of learning to do.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-975009 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:05:45 +0000 Angie 975009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't get it! Marni hasn't even shown their Summer 2014 Spring Collection at Fashion Week yet (which will happen in Sept). There must be a catch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trendiness-crisis#post-974879 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:30:35 +0000 rachylou 974879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. I like being trendy and <i>au courant</i>. But I've been having a conundrum, and I think I will now enter a full blown crisis. I got the Marni email today that said I could pre-order for <u>SUMMER 2014</u>. Ack. I feel this is just too far in advance for designers to be letting out the buzz. Where is the "now"? I have become a vintage dresser without asking for it! </p> <p>Do people really order next year's clothes a year ahead of time? Is this a financial issue? Designers trying to minimise risk with pre-orders?</p>