For decades, authority in fashion was clearly defined.
It lived within the pages of magazines, in the front rows of the main fashion weeks, in the decisions of editors, buyers and designers who shaped the industry from within. Taste was curated, filtered and ultimately dictated by a relatively small, highly influential circle.
Today, that focus feels increasingly distant.
The landscape seems dominated by social media, algorithms and global access but the question is no longer who participates in fashion but who still has the authority to define it.
The Era of Defined Gatekeepers
Fashion was once structured around a system of gatekeeping.
Publications like Vogue didn’t just report on trends but they legitimized them. Designers presented collections to a select audience and what was seen, approved and distributed followed...
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