Response to NPR: At Last, New York Fashion Week Brings ‘Good News For Real People’

I would say that clothes are similar to twins. Even though lots of the twins differ, most of them are identical. And those who are similar must vary in one way or another. They have the same appearance, but they might be different in their personalities, style, or habits. The same for the clothes; those clothes that have the same color, shape, length, might look the same from the first glance, but after taking a close long look at them, you would notice the difference, either because of their fabrics, qualities, cuts, or how comfortable they are. The fabrics of clothes are most like the personalities of the twins, you would not know the difference unless you had experience with them. Actually, these details are important in fashion field.

In an interview that happened between NPR's Renee Montagne and Deborah Needleman, editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, mentioned that there would be a "good news to the real people"; Then obviously, she announced the designers' inspiration by the men's clothes and their connection of these clothes to the women's outfit in order to make them more comfortable and flexible; however, the new trending in fashion would mostly consist of cozy suits and trousers. I honestly do not agree with this, because they did not really think about being elegant, but oppositely, about being free and adaptable. I think that the designers did not put enough effort into this collection, since even the fabric looks too fluffy and loose, which makes these high-level brands at the same level of any other normal shop. This would undoubtedly annoy most of the female fashion lovers; because the suits are not for every lady, the designers could make some comfortable dresses instead of making suits and trousers that can be found everywhere. By doing so, clothes would be useful for the real people, as thMontagne mentioned, and would look chic in the same time. The brands should always be different; clothes chosen to be presented in fashion runways should not be ordinary, isn't this the reason of our excitement to watch the shows continuously? Isn't this what opens our imagination in discovering the difference between the latest and previous runway, and looking forward to the clothes finishing? Even though the relaxing normal outfits are significant to some people, high-qualified unusual dresses are important to the rest; since they know well enough, that beauty is pain, and one who wants to wear the crown, should bear the crown. Thus, in order to be pretty and fashionable, this type of people would predominantly withstand these heavy or tight uncomfortable dresses.

I must certainly agree with Needleman when she said "So I think if you're dealing with suiting, you're talking about quality men's suiting fabric, great cuts, quality craftsmanship — these things are much harder to knock off than something with a lot of frills and embellishment." As a person who had tried finding the "best" fabric before, I would admit that it is not an easy thing to deal with. The cloth-fabric shops had lots of fabric types, but most of them are not suitable for special occasions in which one wants to look tidy and classy. Fortunately, in my country, there are two chic shops which are Bokeh and Tash. Of course, most of the best ones are located in Italy, the country of fashion, and Lebanon, thus, it makes them rarely found in Qatar and some other countries. However, looking for a high-quality fabric is more important than a normal one with some decorations, since they would not ruin easily, and this makes the clothes stay with you for longer time period; moreover, they look more elegant, stylish, and chic.

Finally, fashion is not for comfort, fashion is to be different and memorable at the same time by having its own personality with detail and quality. Normal outfits like the suits and trousers could be sold in the brand shops, but they must not be in the runway since this is not their place. Fashion runway is a place where those most stylish and unexpected dresses are showed, those outfits that when a lady looks at, goes crazy to get, not a place containing regular clothes that are initially were made for men.

Is It Appealing or a Waste Of Time?

A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of different posts typically displayed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent post to the oldest). Nowadays, the number of blogs is increasing, some have value, and others do not. Personally, I think that the blogs that have a specific theme mostly do have value and are better for the visitors, since the blogger would focus in one subject only, conversely, he will post meaningful ideas or news that are related to that theme. However, with a theme, the viewers would know what the blog is basically about before accessing it, and this might rise the number of views since those who are interested in the theme would continuously check the latest entries; thus, I think that my blog does have value, especially for those who are into fashion.

First, my blog is easy to navigate, so even those who are not very used to social networks but like to read and listen to fashion news, can simply find the content. For example, my previous posts are designed to be on the blog archive on the sidebar which allows the viewer to view all of these posts by date; besides, it is easy to add comments to my posts. It is neither complicated nor difficult to comprehend; therefore, it fits those who have poor English vocab. Not only that, but it also have a theme, so the viewers would already know what they will look for and read about, which is fashion and things related to it. This means that the topics are appealing and are related to them.

Second, it talks about the latest news of celebrities and their latest problems in their private/wide-ranging life, which means that it would not only attract those who are interested in fashion, but also the ones who are paying attention to the never ending interesting news of some celebrities and popular people in these fields. Moreover, my blog does not include the latest trends in fashion only, but it also talks about the area around fashion and the people that work there, which makes the content uncommon.

In the other hand, I admit that the theme might not be fascinating to some people, which gives a negative point to my blog; furthermore, I recognize that I must add new posts constantly and put in some links to other blogs that are related to mine or those that I likes, to improve my blog, and this will surely increase the number of views to it. In addition, the comments are rarely added by others, and this is another depressing point.

However, I believe that the easier the blog is to navigate, the better it would be for the viewers, since they have different ages and patients. For myself, I get bored while trying to navigate a hard-using blogs, so I end up closing them in most of the times. As a result, I designed mine to be as simple as possible; thus, the blogger should take care of this point for his blog visitors' sake. In addition, although the good blogs should contain a theme, but the more generic the theme is, the more contents the blogger will be able to add, the better the blog will be.