Fashion vs. Function.

I'm not going to lie to you. I don't understand much about fashion. I'm sure that's quite obvious. I read fashion blogs, I research a bit online. I love looking at editorials. They're lovely, I know. But what I don't understand is where the line is drawn between fashion and function. When does it cease to be clothing and become only art? How cutting-edge can your clothing be before it verges on inappropriate? And by inappropriate I do not mean too sexy/revealing. I'm talking about the feeling we all get when an event is coming up and we look in our closets and say "What the hell am I going to wear?!"

If I'm going to be spending more than $50 on an article of clothing, I want it to be versatile in the extreme. I want it to be appropriate for more than one situation. I want to be able to wear it more than once. I want my clothing to be attractive and fashionable, of course, but I also want it to be functional and, more than anything, comfortable. I want my clothes to fit. I want my clothes to be long enough, short enough, to hit me in all the right spots and make me look good. I want a bit of stretch, because I am not a mannequin, I am a living moving human being.

So here's my point. I like to sew. I like to create my own designs and patterns. I like to look at fashion blogs for inspiration. But in the end, I am not creating art.

I am creating clothing.