Color choices are the obvious thing, but shapes and silhouettes, patterns, and all kinds of details do end up in “regular” clothing. It trickles down – high-end designer labels take their cues from the runway stuff first, then a few months later high-end regular labels take things from the designer labels, then a few months later middle-range brands take things from the high-end brands, and so on. 

Even the Main Street, USA department store brands thus ultimately take their cues from stuff that originated on the runways, albeit quite far removed. The example used in the film was the specific shade of color of a cheap sweater the main character was wearing, which apparently was big on the runway a year or more earlier.

Case in point: Terry Richardson. Being drugged and taken advantage of by some creep with a camera is in my book somehow more serious than falling over on a runway. The fashion world is rife with predatory assholes and creepy hangers-on. A girl has to have her head screwed on pretty well in order to succeed without being chewed up and spat out by the more unsavoury aspects of the industry.

My heels are totally screwed from rolling my ankles so many times when I was a dancer. The most challenging part isn’t so much the pain, but making a graceful recovery and acting like nothing ever happened. Kind of like cats do when they fall off something or make a failed jump. 

On the one hand I do have sympathy, but on the other hand, I made my way in life on my technical skills and what I could make, repair, assemble, design, and troubleshoot.

I think we need laws that govern the ages and safety conditions of runway models.  We have laws that govern a lot of other industries, and based on that video I can already see a lot of ankle problems directly attributable to the working conditions.  Since costumes often fail, require models to be legal adults (no minors accidentally exposing themselves) and that their shoes be safe to wear.

Intentional?