by JtotheWhat » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:44 pm
This was my favorite episode of the podcast yet, I think A LOT of people that are into CdG or other similar houses/designers have a similar history to their relationship with the brand as you guys described. The first few times you see some of the designs it's hard to actually contextualize your feelings in any sort of way other than likely focusing on how unpractical/wearable/what have you it is. In a lot of ways, (I think one of you in the podcast used this word, which I thought was the perfect description) it assaults our ideas of what clothing and fashion should be and how it should function in the world. But I think if you approach it with an open mind it ruins you to a lot of the more readily available design in the world, and that's when you find yourself investigating it more and...if you're like me, probably becoming obsessed with it.
Of course there will always be people whose initial negative impressions of the brand don't change, and that is fine as well.