Browne Circus

Fashion is ALWAYS reflective of the on-goings in society. Depression era had the dance halls riled with plumage. True that people numbed their feet and threw themselves out to the point of exhaustion to put bread on the table but how is that any different to today? I can name at least six women I know who hobble home everyday and reverently take of their towering razor heels with that distict red swatch on the bottom. It is worship of the very thing that inflicts pain.

Men's wear is going that route too, though it seems mostly with the European designers. Men's wear America, hasn't gone that far. Stability is the American men. He gets up each day, puts on his tailored suit and heads out. Sensibility.

Yet watching Thom Browne's presentation, I hope it would not be a trend. I know fashion is theatrical but I have always respect Browne's designs in that he lets the clothing speak for themselves. When a man can earnestly walk down the street in trousers one palm lenght above his ankles, it does say something. Perhaps he is wryly aware of the comical nature of his surroundings, maybe he doesn't give a damn. Let the clothing speak for itself I say. Hands off createur!