Question of the month: following fashion?
September 6, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Beading, Question of the Month
Question of the month: Do you pay attention to trends and follow fashion? How much? To what extent do you allow trends to shape your work?
I happen to pay attention is a very general way. I’m actually much more interested in seasonal color palettes than I am in exact styles of clothing and jewelry that’s being shown, but I don’t rule out allowing current fashion to inspire some of my work.
Mostly, that’s the way it seems to work: it’s not really that I design pieces to suit the current trends or to slavishly follow what others are showing, but I …read more
