时尚大师，不是徒有虚名

What does creative directing mean? Is it the same as Lindsay Lohan and her creative direction for Ungaro? Or does it entail sitting down with a pattern cutter and designing? Obviously, celeb attached to label equals celeb wearing label and getting photographed a lot. And I’m sure Parker works her socks off. She has a unique way with a prom dress. She’s also smart. She’ll probably outsell Lacroix 100 to 1. But, honestly, don’t you despair of Darwinism sometimes?

　　创意总监的含义是什么？和林赛·罗韩为恩加罗品牌做创意指导一样吗？或者是需要坐下来与裁剪师和设计师讨论吗？显然，明星和品牌联系在一起就意味着明星要穿这个品牌的衣服，拍很多宣传照。我确信帕克工作非常卖命。她能将舞会礼服穿出独特韵味，她也非常聪明，她的服装销售量可能是拉克鲁瓦服装销售量的 100 倍。但平心而论，有时候你不是也会对达尔文主义感到绝望吗？

　　Perhaps this is unfair. Maybe Parker will, as Victoria Beckham has, throw herself into her new fashion label. Listen to VB talk about her new collection each season, and it becomes clear she knows her stuff. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have made a lovely job of the Row, their upmarket line of “basics”, too. But they don’t really have the distraction of acting careers any more. Will Parker have time to be so fastidious? Possibly not, so maybe they’ll have to get someone in behind the scenes to do that for her, just as they have at Ungaro.

　　也许这不公平。也许帕克会像维多利亚·贝克汉姆那样，全身心地投入到她的新时尚品牌中。听听维多利亚·贝克汉姆谈她每一季的新系列服装，你就会很清楚她了解她所制作的服装。玛丽-凯特·奥尔森和阿什莉·奥尔森为“basics”推出的高级服装系列“Row”做得也非常出色，不过她们其实已经不再需要为演艺事业分心了。帕克会有时间如此精益求精吗？也许不能，他们可能会找个人在幕后帮她做这些，跟恩加罗品牌的操作手法一样。