You’re not supposed to be here

A lot of people seem to feel about the runway the way they feel about paintings: “Wow, it’s in a painting, what an honor, this painter must love this subject.” But it doesn’t have to be that way, you know. Aspiration, which is what the runway represents now, can be awful. And it should be! It’s really screwy to feel like you want something right now, like you want to spend thousands of dollars on...a shirt, don’t you think? But when a designer suggests as much, the fashion world gets all freaked out or confused or angry. Shouldn’t we be ecstatic when someone makes us grapple with these kinds of questions?