During these economic times fashion weeks have been receiving disappointing reviews from newspapers and online news websites around the globe. From designers feeling the return on their investment was null and void due to the lack of buyers to the press feeling that the events were put together badly, fashion weeks around the world have been falling short.However, recently the New York Times (NYT) gave Berlin Fashion Week the seal of approval by writing a great editorial and praising the shows; calling the entire fashion week full of "raw energy".
According to the Mayor of the city that Berlin Fashion Week was held, "Berlin ist arm, aber sexy" or "poor, but sexy." which is the same reason the the NYT gave Berlin such a great review. According to them:
"Scattered slabs of concrete, still daubed with their original graffiti, are pertinent reminders that 2009 marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the cultural revolution that came with the fusion of the city’s East and West is even more visible as arty photographs in smart spaces, music pulsating from abandoned government buildings and fashion that reflects this hot, hip and happening city.
From the discomforting sight of homeless people from public shelters as models at Patrick Mohr’s show, to the gritty glamour of the Boss Orange line strutted through a former electricity plant on the city’s outer fringes, Berlin Fashion Week, which closed last weekend, had a distinctive raw energy."
Fashion is art, and in times of struggle the creativity of designers should flourish.
Source: New York Times
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