I may be fighting a lost cause but I'll fight it all the same.  This may all be falling upon deaf hears but hurrah for the blog platform as a way of being a free voice opinionator so ye shall have to listen to me harping on about it all the same.  It appears that 2008 may see a turning point in high street fashion where people are going to make a shift over from ‘Must Buy As Much As Possible’ to saving their pennies for something that is a lot more sustainable.  Bloggers, (always ahead of the game!) have started to self impose shopping bans or stick to buying only vintage items.  My point is though, that it’s not just about spending money on fewer things that will ultimately last longer but also spending money on the ‘deets’ that will really make your high street purchases sing.  So I say by all means, hike the prices up a touch more for both the sake of a more ethical way of production but selfishly for my own personal taste’s sake, to bring us those all important ‘deets’ or interesting features that are more than likely to catch a customer’s eye and ergo spend their dough.  You might say that ‘deets’ should be only reserved for designers who use the ‘deets’ to distinguish themselves from the mass retailers.  Whilst that may be true, and of course I’m still willing to pay for designers that capture my heart (purse strings dependent of course....), I feel that people paying say £50-£60 for a skirt, £80 for a dress and £100-£150 for a coat (still a very long way from designer prices...) deserve a bit more oomph, right? 

I use the recent London College of Fashion MA show where many of my favoured ‘deets’ were demonstrated.  Perhaps I’m overreaching and perhaps I haven’t a clue what it would take to produce something of this ilk on a larger scale but like I said, I don’t mind fighting lost causes.

Mihrican Damba – The gradiated colours and the structural detailing have been employed here to flatter the body which makes it more of an incentive for the high street to get in on the body-flattering game and of course makes it even better for me to wear my beloved gradiated colours.

Pi Ying Chen – Why ignore the back when something this sculptural can be created.  Ok, so we’re verging on something quite unwearable in reality but on a less exaggerated scale, something like back pieces jutting out would look amazing, contrasted with a plain front. 

Siobhan McHugh – There are hints of Marios Schwab/Husam el Odeh here with the Perspex embellishment but I love the idea of screwing on pieces onto a top to add interest. // Tracy Oak – Ruching is nothing new and I’ve seen many a high street example but perhaps something quite exaggerated on an unexpected texture could work quite nicely. 

Paul Robinson – Ruffles/tiers that aren’t perfectly regular gives liberty for mistakes in alignment to be made and I like the way it looks a bit haphazard and ‘wrong’.

Yoon Hyung Bae – Interested sleeve shapes such as the looser short sleeve over the tighter long sleeve here.  // Hanna Jung – Prints that aren’t immediately obvious and rather than the loud and gaudy sort, I yearn for the delicate and slightly odd.

Asking for too much?  Perhaps.  I’ve always been a cake possessor and eater though....