It seems like each day there's a new celebrity designing something. A couple days ago it was Sarah Jessica designing for Bitten, Ivanka Trump designing jewelry, and now Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are designing a new clothing line, Elizabeth and James. What is this trend? I hardly think being a celebrity qualifies one to be a designer. Sure, celebrities appreciate fashion and jewelry and their wealth and fame allows them unfettered access to the latest styles, with few of the obstacles that average people face. But appreciating art doesn't mean one can be an artist, and appreciating fashion certainly does not mean one can be a designer.
It seems to me that more and more celebrities are just trying to capitalize on their existing fame by attaching their name to a clothing line somewhere to rake in a little more publicity. Because God knows WWD and every other fashion publication and blog have already been wasting too many of their precious hours writing about crappy celebrity fashion lines. It doesn't help their case, either, that nearly all of the celebrities that are trying to design are dressed by a stylist everyday. What makes them think they have any taste and enough sense to design clothes, if they pay a professional to dress them? If anything, Rachel Zoe is the one who stands to profit the most from starting her own clothing line. Just because you enjoy fashion and have millions of dollars at your disposal --and loyal fans who might actually buy your clothes --does not mean you should be designing. Celebrities need to realize they should leave fashion design to the Ralph Laurens of the world. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Picture: Would you want to buy clothes designed by this person?
Nayyyyy
Nayyyyy