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Once the street was like a fashion parade of black ravens. Clad in Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto mods caused onlookers question: "Whose funeral?».

Today, people outside impressions more similar to peacocks: they pose and preen, twisting the body into unimaginable postures, walking on a sandwich platform or boots, hiding behind velvet capes Indian sheikhs or drowning in geometric coat.

When Anna Dello Russo is published, it happens quite a stir. A tall, slim, tanned - it is a word created for fashion presentations. Photographers make a lot of shots, acrobystitis bloggers write on social networks that back to her? who gave her the extra-high shoes? whether it will wear his collection of accessories for H & M?

Anna Dello Russo in Valentino & DSquared

Anna Dello Russo in Rodarte S / S 2013

Anna Dello Russo and Ulyana Sergienko

Fashion now - fighting for your attention. If earlier mods went stealthily, now you can hardly walk through the Lincoln Center in New York, or stroll through the Tuileries Garden in Paris, because the photographers that do nothing but click lovers posing street fashion. Now people do not just run away from paparazzi, but also choke for the attention of the photographer.

Glory! Circus fame of people, famous only for their Facebook page or perpetuating Scott Schuman on its website. The latter, incidentally, has spawned many imitators fashion editor, who dressed for attention: the bloggers do the same now.

Anna Dello Russo (editor of Vogue Japan) and Bryan Boy (blogger)

There is a real distinction between style and fashion? The answer lies not in the collections, and refers to the speed of fashion. There is no longer the time between the way the small segment of conscious people raises some trend, and in the meantime, it appears on the sidewalks.

Now men and women are used to advertise brands of clothes, we lost all individuality, but still claim it, because they are carriers of street fashion.

Elena Perminov and Miroslava Duma

Elena Perminov in Elie Saab HC

Miroslava Duma

Century Media has brought into our lives a lot of convenience, but also added a lot of minuses. It would seem that the fashion has now become easier, more accessible and - most importantly - it is open to the people. But the plus is it? Much of it is now subject to mutual Dog: such as Marc Jacobs named one of his bags after Bryan Boy and bloggers do not hesitate saying that it is advantageous for the sake of receiving gifts and invitations to private show. Discussions on the Internet spread virally, professionals from the fashion and even have their own opinion, but under pressure are willing to change.

Read smart bloggers, of course, nice and needed, but little remains of these critics, who understand the criticism of its original meaning.

Fashion is now like a circus. But somewhere in the nooks still remain true professionals and professionals of fashion, dressed, of course, all in black.

In contrast to the style of look-at-me is still a French chic.

Emmanuelle Alt - editor in chief of French Vogue.