When designers/labels create very nice looking garments, beautiful forms of color, shape, and texture, and still feel that it is necessary to add their 'mark' to the work. I've been searching around for various f/w items, and I keep running into clothes with stupid, nonsensical, and just plain gaudy branding on otherwise stellar items. Example:
From yoox.com Bikkembergs jacket, very nice color, nice silhouette, but what is that funky mark on the left sleeve? That's right, it's 'BIKKEMBERGS' written around the sleeve. Ugh. No thanks.
Yoox again. Givenchy blazer with an incredibly off-putting faux-gothic G on the back. WTF? Why can't people just de-logo their shit? It just cheapens the overall austerity of the garment and makes these pricey items look incredibly Urban Outfitters (not necessarily bad in of itself, but I don't recall UO selling $500 blazers, either). Which is another point... Adding logo flourishes has got to cost more than just leaving them off, so for high-end labels, what is the motive? Help me out here[:S]
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