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13028643 No.13028643 [Reply] [Original]

Is it true that there are actually market research agencies that do statistics on trends that they sell to designers?
Because it's interesting to see that each season one designer has at least one piece exactly like another one.

>> No.13028680

>>13028643
You sound like a child who just discovered Santa isn't actually real.

>> No.13028687

>>13028680
So does it mean STEM controlls fashion? Production, textile ingeneers and statisticians in marketing?

>> No.13028696

>>13028643
>each season one designer has at least one piece exactly like another one

Do you mean several designers have the same piece or one designer who makes a few similar pieces? It's called themes and it's usually what influences a collection. So no, not everything is decided by agencies or trendwatchers. Some designers chose to not follow these criteria.

>> No.13028724

>>13028687
Companies need to know their audience, so they study them, is that so weird?
Literally every company does this.

>does this mean STEM controlls fashion?
Can't do market research without math. Can't run a decent company without market research.

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13028772

>>13028724
As well as can't produce shit without ingeneers and can't pick right fabrics without people who studied textiles (chemistry and machinery is actually pretty big part of it).
>>13028696
I can't really expain it, but I look at runways and there are always pretty common traits among big designers (I think Rick, CdG and Yohji are some of designers who always stick to their intial styles). And there's no way it's an coincidence. I understand if one designer release similar piece next season - it's a rip-off. But they have no way to know what another brand is doing to release it at the same season.

>> No.13028807

>>13028772
I think it doesn't matter if they have similar pieces to me it just matters who does it best. Same concept who does it first, who cares? I want the best not the first.

Imo in said example i think the margiela one is better

>> No.13028820

>>13028807
My point wasn't "one does it better than the other", but rather "someone tells them they should do bomber with this type of print this season".

>> No.13030129

>>13028772
those jackets are literally just copy+paste of 19th/early 20th century taxonomy illustrations.

nothing is original

>> No.13030724

>>13028687
quick aside: textiles is a fine arts major
also idk if you're doing this on purpose but ill bite anyways: it's 'engineer'