New York Fashion Week: Leave the Consumerism Comments Outside the Tents
To the Editor,
I am writing in reference to Cathy Horyn’s piece, “Fashion, But Maybe Beside the Point,” from Monday’s Fashion & Style section. While it is true the piece is a review, and therefore subject to the author’s interpretations, it does not necessarily follow that the Horyn needs to spend the first half of the piece bemoaning the state of consumerism in today’s fashion industry. Horyn states, “Now that the runways are a medium for just about everything…you can never be sure of the message, if there is one at all,” then follows this closely with, “Ultimately tens of millions of dollars will be spent on collections, but…you have to wonder what you’re supposed to understand?”
Although Horyn does not say so directly, she apparently assumes that her readers would prefer to hear her dwell on what hors d’oeuvres were served outside the tents, rather than hear details about actual collections. My own view, however, is that if one is reading a review of New York Fashion Week in the New York Times, one perhaps might have more than a passing interest in the fashions shown there. By failing to capture the magic and escapism of fashion, it is insulting to the reader to whom these are inherently present. In the future, I suggest that Horyn focus her comments on the subject her readers want to read about, and leave her irrelevant remarks out.
Sincerely,
Katherine Vatter
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