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The sham behind the runway glam
By Chen Jie (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-02-27 09:37 The last runway scene showcases the collections of designer Guo who designed the dress Zhang Ziyi wore when she accepted the Olympic flame in Athens last March and the dress Song Zuying wore when she sang with Placido Domingo at the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last August. "The play has given me the opportunity to show some of my recent designs," says the designer. "I love the title Fashion Made in China. 'Made in China' was once a term used to denote shabby Chinese products. You can find clothes with the label 'Made in China' in every corner in the world. But when can China become a real power in the world fashion industry? "I hope everyone can do his part to make 'Made in China' a label of high quality and fashion," she says and adds that the young designers working for the play showed much promise. However, some find the play's portrayal of the fashion world unrealistic, the same view that many fashion journalists held after watching The Devil Wears Prada. "It creates a fine fashion fantasy with little to do with reality," says Wen Yuan, an editor with the Chinese edition of Cosmopolitan. "The play tells stories that reflect what outsiders think the fashion world is like rather than what the industry actually is like." But one editor at the fashion magazine Men's Uno, which co-produced the play, says: "We gave the playwright some real stories from our office but not everything shown in the play is real. We just want to tell audiences that the fashion world is not just all about glamour. Like in any industry, there is no gain without pain." |
