The Art of the Padded Proposal

[ksmith]

I find the following interesting on so many levels:

http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/105067

In a small world like high fashion, did Davies really believe that she would really get away with cribbing conversations from the works of others and not be found out? That word wouldn't have gotten back to the fashionistas with whom she'd allegedly spoken?

If it turns out that she did pad that proposal, I hope she hasn't spent too much of that $900,000 advance.

Comments

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of the wouldn't hack it as fiction aspect is (as I discovered to my shock today) the average person is woefully unaware of how the world works.

For example, chocolate manufacturing. *I* think of it as entirely ordinary process, best done on a very large scale for technical and technological reasons. Apparently, to quite a lot of people, the process of making chocolate is mysterious and rather unbelievable. The fashion industry is similarly very commonplace to me. The antics of Those At The Top have a goal, and that goal is sell clothes (and perfume, and cosmetics, and handbags, and whatever else they can think of that will be at a low enough price point). Yes, those antics are somewhat unbelievable. But they get eyeballs, and really for not very much money. And once you've *gotten* the eyeballs you can sell things to them.