"Style and Fashion Isn't Always the Same..."

I was reading some posts on Highsnobette when I came across this one.



"A blogger made an unflattering comment about Olsen’s head wrap at the YSL Belle d’Opium party we attended a few weeks ago while, Lois and I on the other other hand were totally fiending over it . Not just because the accessory in itself was to die for but because style-wise we got it.In her own way this young woman illustrated a deeper understanding of fashion that is not always ’styling appropriate’ in color choice or proportion proving that style and fashion are not always the same . Having worked a a stylist myself I can speak to proportions color choice, highlighting this or that feature. But, style is often is about how you feel what you want to express , the story, the glamour or un-glamour .Not always about having the ‘right ‘ look, whatever that may be.

Therefore, when the fashion establishment sometimes frowns at bloggers( not that they all know what they are talking about) I get it because to some extent , there’s a lack of knowledge of the history of where certain looks or inspirations come from. The head wrap for example was all about the true spririt of Yves Saint -Laurent who himself was Morrocan , featured caftans in his collections in the 60’s, made his fame by artfully contrasting a sexy exoticism with functionality, think Marisa Berenson or Bianca Jagger. However too many out there don’t even know …"