"Fashion is not fashion anymore. I am sure of this, but nobody realises this because the world is full of romantics like me — people who continue to believe in it… A while ago, things were more elitist, and this allowed it to be more aspirational and directional, and this would inspire others. It might have even — to use a horrible term — “taught” others. Nowadays, what can you teach? I might make a collection in flannel, and then the next guy makes a collection using technical see-through nets. If somebody doesn’t know much about fashion, what can he draw from this? What can he learn? It makes no sense! He can’t use fashion as a road map, he’s lost. Nowadays, it’s all business." — Stefano Pilati (via heckbeck)

(Source: pret-a-porter-fashion, via heckbeck)