‘The recession could turn out to make designers better designers.  Fashion houses, anticipating reduced orders, cut out the theatrics as they sought to appeal to a relatively new demand in luxury fashion: value.  By the end of the shows, retailers were praising the level of craft and fabric research — and complaining when it was obscured, as at Chanel, by French-maid ruffles. Out of necessity, a lot of designers put on smaller shows. It meant that they couldn’t flub a seam.” [NY Times]

LINKAGE: Fashionologie

Seems the publishing industry isn’t suffering from the economy as much as everybody thought. The struggling Daily has decided to go into the movie industry and one of their movies is getting the attention of Lily Cole.