Worn Wild

[phroggiepuddles]

Had a squiz at Worn Wild today, a goth-fashion designer market... wasn't to sure how it would spruce up but I was very pleasantly surprised.  Good size, good crowd, everything looked smoothly organised and very professional.  Congratulations to all involved, I hope Melbourne and the rest of Australia gets a lot more of this type of thing happening

Comments

[guerillamagilla]

Whilst I can commend the organisation I found absolutely nothing of interest for me (although Hells Blankets are way cool), also the price tags on some of the garments were outrageous o_0 and an entrance fee!?!

[phroggiepuddles]

If I had to pick at the event, price and variety would be 2 things I'd mention

[_ryn]

Price) one thing that really bugs me about fashion, and designers , is their attitude towards retail/wholesale and because most of them are fundamentally DIY - they are attempting to charge full price. Compared to what I'm used to, fashion is a lucrative business so this definately bugs me :)

Not having seen either the garments or the prices I can't say, but just from my own experience sewing, even if you only pay yourself minimum wage when pricing an item, you're going to charge a LOT more than most people are willing to pay - there's a reason corsetry costs hundred of dollars, and even then I'd be really curious as to what the effective hourly wage turns out to be. It's probably absolutely piddling. We're just too used to sweat-shop made cheap shit, so we lose all concept of the amount of work and skill that goes into out clothes.

[phroggiepuddles]

I'm well aware of that, unfortunately if you price out most things that way nothing would be affordable (a song can easily take 80-100 hours by the time its printed on a CD).

There was actually hardly any corsetry ... a basic PVC dress was selling for full retail ($200+), designer-designed most basic style printed skirts (and i think these were discounted) over $60 ... considering it was a "market" there were no major bargains (there was a discount hour but still only about 10-15% of select items).

[pr0zak]

I would have gone if there wasn't an entrance fee and I wasn't broke!

[night_suit]

I would've gone.

If I dressed like a goth.

[phroggiepuddles]

It is only goth's who would actually dress up to the nines to go to a market.

[neonfaerie]

I would have liked it a bit less goth-clothing heavy- other subcultures seemed under-represented- but that's just me. I had a good, somewhat expensive time, and really enjoyed the music, too.