FASHION WRITERS ON GETTING BANNED FROM FASHION SHOWS

Cathy Horyn writes about the fragile ego of fashion designers in this weeks Style section:

“Giorgio Armani does not want me at his fashion shows.

“In a letter to my editor earlier this month, he cites my ‘unnecessarily sarcastic comments’ about his friends and family in a review of his last couture show and notes that I have ‘rarely found positive remarks’ to make about his ready-to-wear collections, and then surmises that I have ‘an embedded preconception.’ He concludes: ‘Going forward therefore, I see no real merit in inviting Cathy Horyn to my women’s shows.’

“The subject of banning journalists from fashion shows seems as quaint as the practice itself, neither a commendation to the industry nor a badge of honor to the critic. Indeed, fashion is the only creative field that attempts to bar the news media.”

My Invitation Isn’t in the Mail [NYT]