My sister said 'wearability is a design flaw' over coffee yesterday.

She argued if a piece is too easy to wear, it's not pushing boundaries enough. I've always aimed for comfort first, so that hit different. What's more important, making a statement or making something people actually live in?

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keith26427d ago

Your sister's coffee take is wild, but it reminds me of this insane pair of platform boots I bought online. Looked amazing in the pics, total statement. Tried to walk to my car and nearly ate pavement three times. Wright.taylor has a point about that balance, because those boots are now a very expensive closet sculpture. If you can't actually move in it, the statement is just "I own this thing.

wright.taylor27d ago

Honestly I read an interview where a designer said the real challenge is making radical ideas feel inevitable to wear. That balance is everything, because a statement piece that just sits in a closet is kind of a failure too. Your sister's take is interesting but feels like it ignores how people actually move through the world.

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the_andrew27d ago

My buddy bought a "closet sculpture" coat that wright.taylor would hate, it literally had no armholes.