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Gay? Anonymous Fri May 9 19:39:52 2014 No.8210125 [Reply] [Original]

Why are a lot of the greatest fashion designer gay?

Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel)
Marc Jacobs (Louis Vuitton)
Christian Dior
Calvin Klein (bisexual but mostly leaning toward homosexuality)
Domenico Dolce and Steffano Gabbana (D&G)
Valentino
John Galliano (Christian Dior Haute Couture)
Gianni Versace (Versace)
Yves Saint Laurent
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Cristóbal Balenciaga
Giorgio Armani
Alexander McQueen

I know fashion is considered a metrosexual hobby, but not necessarily a gay one. Regardless of what it's considered though. Why are gay dudes so successful at it?

Do more women than men buy fashion products?

DO these women enjoy the idea that they're buying from men who have sex with other men?

What's going on here? Give me your theory /fa/

I'm not saying this is a negative thing either. I gotta admit it's nice to think how many women are on their high horse because of their inner fashionistas yet men are vastly superior when it comes to style.

>>	nse Fri May 9 19:42:40 2014 No.8210125,1 Whats the problem? are you gay? Well I don't believe all fashionists are gay... they are just feminine, maybe because they're around women all day. These you mentioned are really gay? You sure?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:43:57 2014 No.8210137 as with most things, men just have better taste, and as for straight men, they spend too much time chasing pussy and catering to women's general plebbiness

>>	/fa/scist faggot !!ovdI0id3NeK Fri May 9 19:46:14 2014 No.8210144 >>8210125 How about Ralph Lauren, Rick Owens, Oscar de la Renta, Paul Smith, Yohji Yamamoto, John Varvatos, Raf Simons...

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:48:07 2014 No.8210150 They are more calm than females and don't let their emotions cloud their judgements

>>	nse Fri May 9 19:48:46 2014 No.8210150,1 >> DO these women enjoy the idea that they're buying from men who have sex with other men? People don't think of it when buying fashion. They think of how it is going to look.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:50:41 2014 No.8210158 >>8210144 >Simons raf..... the rest are nobodies

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:50:47 2014 No.8210159 >>8210144 they too don't get periods every month

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:51:27 2014 No.8210162 >>8210158 you must be new here

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:52:20 2014 No.8210166 >>8210144 Isnt Raf married with like a chick tho? He aint gay nigga wtf

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:53:28 2014 No.8210168 >>8210166 >lacking this much understanding he's saying there are a lot of non-gay male designers

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:53:59 2014 No.8210172 because all you did was look up a list of gay designers and listed them all to make this thread >Do more women than men buy fashion products? EVERYONE buys fashion products ~*EVERYONE~ whether you do it intentionally or not

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:54:32 2014 No.8210174 >>8210144 Rick Owens identifies as a bisexual

>>	/fa/scist faggot !!ovdI0id3NeK Fri May 9 19:55:20 2014 No.8210177 >>8210159 de la Renta is one of the last designers to have any direct connection to the mid-century couturiers.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 19:55:50 2014 No.8210178 >>8210174 still not a full blown faggot like alexander mcqueen

>>	Cooltop Fri May 9 19:58:51 2014 No.8210190 An overwhelming amount of fashion designers are gay men. Sometimes stereotypes are sometimes right. It's like asking why there's so many black rappers. Who knows what motivates anyone to do any profession.

>>	Cooltop Fri May 9 20:00:35 2014 No.8210198 >>8210125 He also left tons of this list. Haha.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:03:27 2014 No.8210206 >>8210190 There is always a reason Like why there are more black people who are basket ball players than tennis players >the answer is basket ball is a poor man's sport while tennis is not >... >blackies are poor

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:06:04 2014 No.8210210 >>8210137 so wouldnt gay guys be chasing dick? interesting theory tho i guess

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:07:46 2014 No.8210216 No point in arguing that all fashion designers are gay, no shit, I fucking know that. The question I'm asking is why a majority of fashion designers are gay.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:10:03 2014 No.8210220 >>8210210 harder to pick up women than pick up men

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:24:02 2014 No.8210251 >>8210216 are you dumb? They are basicly women without the emotional bullshit

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:06:16 2014 No.8210363 >>8210251 That's ignorant as fuck, way to go.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:21:49 2014 No.8210396 >>8210144 How have you managed to interpret Rick Owens as anything short of a goofy queer? Is this Marcus or is someone using your trip?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:26:59 2014 No.8210413 >>8210363 but it's trueeeeeeeeee lel

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Anonymous Fri May 9 21:40:27 2014 No.8210466

>>8210251
>>8210363
>>8210413
pitching the idea that perhaps they have the cross-hemisphere connection of woman to arrange visual details while keeping the functional and aesthetic features of the big-picture in mind and, as gay men who've wanted to seem feminine since childhood, have had the interest in perusing fashion to drive them to those careers; but they're men so they can actually be taken seriously in the work place and actually get promoted in fashion industries to the ranks of people you might've heard of.

inb4 me a gay man and i have no reason to be biased.

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Anonymous Fri May 9 21:42:39 2014 No.8210479

>>8210177

He's also the sweetest, most old-school downright charming man you could ever hope to meet in person.

source: I occasionally waiter with a chef who does small very-high-end dinner parties. Oscar & Annette are friends with one of the regular clients.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:45:00 2014 No.8210487 >>8210210 implying dick requires chasing.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:47:15 2014 No.8210495 Barring exceptions which obviously exist, men in general are just better than women in general at pretty much everything.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:55:57 2014 No.8210527 >>8210495 see: >>8210466 didn't notice /fa/ was so sexist wtf

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:57:52 2014 No.8210532 >>8210527 >thinking a few comments in a thread represent an entire board opinions disregarded, rube

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:58:36 2014 No.8210534 >>8210125 its because it's harder for straight men to make it in the industry

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 23:55:02 2014 No.8211065 >tfw gay and wanting to be a fashion designer... Just another statistic :c

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 09:27:32 2014 No.8212370 >>8210487 >>8210487 >>8210487

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 09:30:05 2014 No.8212376 >>8210166 Bisexual. I believe he's done some brief work with fetishy gay porn too

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 09:31:10 2014 No.8212377 >>8212376 My bad. Thought you meant Rick

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 12:02:19 2014 No.8212860 >>8210210 >chasing dick No chasing required.

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Anonymous Sat May 10 12:12:37 2014 No.8212884
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Well, in order to be a good fashion designer, you have to be open-minded, ahead of the curve and just generally intelligent.
Obviously, people with these traits are also more likely to realise the not-so-black-and-white nature of sexuality, meaning they are prone to ignoring conventional, socially constructed sexual preferences.
Yes, I know it sounds like SJW bullshit, but it's what I honestly believe.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 12:15:10 2014 No.8212889 >>8212884 autism

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 12:22:48 2014 No.8212917 >>8210527 >m-muh sexism maybe you should go back to reddit where your feelings don't get hurt

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 12:25:20 2014 No.8212925 File: 49 KB, 620x349, 1396275371192.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8212884 >socially constructed sexual preferences.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 12:32:33 2014 No.8212945 >>8212884 I actually see the reasoning here. I don't think it's the only justification, but someone who's already flouting socio-sexual convention would think it a trifle to flout design norms and try something new.