The Celebrity Invasion

The fashion world has become victim to celebrity culture over the past fews years. Dozens of trespassing celebrities think that they can walk straight into this world of ours and take residence. Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Fearne Cotton and Pixie Lott are a number of celebrities to over step the mark. My patience has been tested with the news of another celebrity hopeful named Diana Vickers. In this brief article i want to talk about the effects of celebrity and fashionista integration, the good and the bad.

Exhibit A, Miss Lindsay Lohan, back in 2009 she became ‘artistic adviser’ at Emanuel Ungaro. Needless to say she made a mess here as big as her own on/off relationships. Style.com’s Nicole Phelps described the S/S 2010 debut as a ‘bad joke’ and ‘disappointing’. Mounir Moufarrige, Ungaro’s chief executive justified the decision of choosing Lohan by saying that it would ‘bring a bolt of attention, good or bad’, and that it certainly did. However this wasn't the first shock tactic card played by Moufarrige, back in 1997 he replaced uncle Karl at Chloé with Stella McCartney, just after her central saint Martins show.

However the day ‘K-day’ dropped in 2007 the fashion world changed.. a bit. Kate Moss’s collection for Topshop sold out almost instantly and i must give it to her some of her designs (that she stole from classic vintage pieces) were pretty cool. If anyone is to blame its Kate for setting off this celebrity/hight street love affair.

My final example is Victoria Beckham, already confessing to the fashion bible that she does not draw her own designs but simply ‘tie things together’, she is definitely on the right track. As soon as I heard she wasn't one of these pop singer/designer wannabes (pardon the pun) but simply a ‘tie things together girl’ i took her a little more seriously, and yeah some of her dresses look great and i wish her the best of luck but for the rest of you celebs out there who have that ‘passion for fashion’, step back.