i have had the privilege of meeting with the individuals involved in the various fashion weeks in this city. two groups produce fashion shows that go on for 2-3 evenings and call it “philadelphia fashion week.” yet they are pretty different– one is focused on couture and extravagant settings, the other on simplicity and local boutique collections– but both claim to be a display of philadelphia fashion identity eventhough their shows are primarily non-philadelphian designers. this does not coincide with people’s expectations when they hear “fashion week”, or their philadelphia-centric mission. if they want to make it akin to other metropolitan city fashion weeks, their intentions need to be adjusted, and if they want to make it a spotlight on philadelphia, the expectations and designers need to be edited.
it turns out that city representative melanie johnson kind of agrees with me. in a recent inquirer article, there was a generous review of the latest shows, mention of the other fashion week, and they revealed melanie johnson’s plan to bring together all of the fashion week agents to create a cohesive week of clothing. it’s my hope that the city finds this blog and asks me and sarah to help because respectfully, all of the people involved have an insular view of what should be done.
“warehouse sale” was meant in the figurative, not literal sense. i was hoping to show up to find a larger space. not like a barney’s warehouse sale, but larger than the first floor of a house. a lot of the traffic were passersbys, since it was so close to the park and it was a gorgeous day out. but i wonder how many shoppers showed up at 10am when the doors open and if that affected the stock that was left an hour later. the price discrepancies of the items made me wonder if it had all been picked over already or if the deals just weren’t that great. while they did have dunderdon, a.p.c., steven alan, isabel marant, etc. a lot of what was on sale was in lager sizes. seeing as how this was one of the first of what i hope will be many more warehouse sales, i think it was a good start, but i hope in the future the selection will be better.