“We get caught up in being cute and having fun, that we forget that there’s real work that’s necessary for our discipline to be taken seriously as a art form” been watching you for roughly a year. Every video i learn something new. Well said Bliss, thanks

Your curiosity and lack of negativity are exactly why I watch. "Fashion roast" type videos might be fun in the moment, but an hour afterwards are completely forgettable. Your work keeps me thinking long after the video has ended and adds to my knowledge base.

Holy crap dude. 250k subs. I told you once that you’re gonna do great, and you are well on track to be one of the most well known fashion personalities on this platform. Keep going 💪🏽

Ok, idk if this is fake deep or not, but i was just thinking about how in your margiela videos you always talk about how one of his core design things was deconstructing his clothes to show the process of its making, and i can't help but think that your editing style is exactly that same thing! The bloopers throughout, daniella's notes, it doesnt read as unfinished or sloppy editing because you're very intentionally cutting and adding notes in post. It heightens the final video and makes it more of an engaging and cohesive final project, EXACTLY like how deconstruction works in fashion. Thanks for another good video.

I think I said this before, and I'll say it again: Thank you for all of this. I clicked on one of your videos on impulse, and, after being really impressed with how you describe it all, I subscribed and continued to watch all of your new videos. You've honestly taken me from "I don't really get fashion" to "Hey, this is actually really interesting!"

You putting up a picture of Nelly Furtado instead of Ariana Grande after saying her name made me laugh so hard 😂

Me just now: Oh shit, an old Bliss Foster video that I somehow missed? *Uploaded 25 minutes ago*

The visual part is a treat! The clever, loving and humorous montage, it is always making me happy too, thank you both! ❤

I'm japanese student lives in Paris who writes fashion critics for myself for now and for me true critics of visual art is not about evaluating something, but expressing its beauty as it is, or even more beautifully, in words, but without saying it's beautiful. What you do is always amazing critics, can't wait to see you two again in this freezing Paris ;)

It’s interesting that you mention access because I watched a masssive amount of your content over the last few years and I felt the increase in quality once you where able to get into shows really noticeable. Your commentary ws really good before, but being able to go to shows really leveled it up. Especially when you get to talk to and interview bc designers is when the content is at its best imo

As a 60-year-old person, you will always be successful, and that can be in different ways, if you are honest and authentic to yourself.

You are very professional and fair in this review and in your disclaimers, but I expected something different from this video: maybe more humour, more images of fashions shows and less explanation, maybe actually negative reviews and why the collection was bad.

Bliss, I have been BINGEING your content so this is right on time!!

Thank you for truly love what you do Bliss Foster and sharing it with the World through your wonderful channel! Thought of you as I watched the Emporio Armani Fall 20224 show as to me it seems that Giorgio Armani and His Team took inspiration from Rick Owens while keeping the Emporio Armani aesthetic.

I get excited with you!!! Can't wait for the next videos. I've been stuck for a while trying to find how to dress to appear forgetting how much peaceful and miningful is to know the art behind clothes!! Thank youu

Criticising is not putting down. Criticising is giving reasons and offering comprehension. For any professional critic, it is much harder and much more rewarding to write an article full of genuine praise and provide all the reasons for such praise then to destroy an obvious piece of ***. And in your work you are doing exactly that, you've taken on a harder but a much more meaningful road.

Great video Bliss, I’m in my final semester of fashion school, what you said the last 7 minutes of the video is the exact feelings I’ve had the past 4 years I’ve been in school. I’m new to the fashion scene admittedly, I have an economics background and transitioned to fashion, because of that I like to take a more research approach to the art . I struggle to find any articles that truly go deep into the meaning of the art form, rather I just find opinions of people that think they said something meaningful. You’re right it’s really hard, but it’s the right thing. It would suck to see the art form be ruined because of things like this.

I will be honest I did click on this (I am subscribed) because of the title....Whaaaaaat Mr. Foster never has a bad thing to say about fashion shows, what's this all about....and then you explained and I wasn't disappointed. This has always been a safe place to hear you gleefully talk about fashion shows, designers, fashion as art and otherwise and I may not always see it or agree, but it is always interesting point of view. Continued success!

Thank you so much for this video. It really resonates with how i feel about "art school" as an institution... hard to describe here exactly, but when I was doing my Masters in Fine Art (which a I actually left after disagreeing with the establishments approach to experiencing education and teaching in general) I felt this ranking and judgement that I'm sure most of all students feel. This ranking put in place to try to measure the objectively of a work of art that is often subjective, is quite frustrating. Here in France our bachelors degree in fine art is given on a strange system of merit that I believe is highly flawed, after a 3 years of study. Yet these three years iare not necessarily taken into account by the judges... Two judges (who have never seen your work and are often times picked at random by the establishment's higher higher ups) are assigned to the class and each student presents there work for 20 to 30 minutes. Years of work boiled down to this one instant, this presentation that if not explained by the creator in a way where the judge feels it is accessible and that they can connect with, your whole 3 years of work could be thrown down the drain. It is quite a strange situation to be in, and at the end you are left with a piece of glorified paper saying you've accomplished something or not. I left my masters program because I realized that I much rather learn a skill that could help my creative process/progress. More of wanting to do an "apprentissage", I fell in love with ceramics and my passion for this atelier that was not my assigned "major" seemed to be a problem. everything needed to be explained with very little "recule" (very little stepping back). It can take years to understand why an artist chose to do what they did, and having to explain it as it was happening kind of took something out of it. Its a long story but thats what I was thinking when I was watching this, as I am hand sewing a silk slip style skirt... because hand sewing right now has me reconciling my relationship to my body.

Your humour is very captivating, the deeply disturbing flashes of your gaping shirt for example are strangely hysterical & unsettling at the same time. It’s also quite refreshing to hear someone discuss fashion who doesn’t intonate like a contestant from drag race, ie gurrrl, the tea, fashown, gagging, serving blah blah. I’m enjoying this!

As always, your video isn't what i thought it would be before watching it. Keep up the good work Bliss! 😊

It was about a year ago when I first stumbled upon one of your videos and I’m so thankful I did!!! You really did taught me a lot about insides of fashion. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!!!

I am naturally optimistic also, and your enthusiasm is one of my favorite parts of your channel.

Honestly I’ve never had too much of an interest in fashion until this most recent youtube deep dive. But boy is this relatable, it feels so hard to actually commit to any rigorous analysis when most discussions online boil down to the most surface level ratings of “good or bad”. It just feels like that kind of thinking totally misses the point of art (as you touched on eloquently). Great stuff man, thoroughly enjoying this new education I’m receiving

So happy to have found your channel dude, there's nothing else like it, and you do it so well. Thank you for your brilliant work.

Oh man I was hoping for like a top 10 rundown but I got a speech instead 😂❤

i love the behind the scenes in this video. Bliss could you maybe drop some merch (as cringey as merch sounds) cause i really want to support this channel but i really cant do subscriptions rn

This might be my favourite ever video of yours. As an aspiring fashion journalist, this has completely chsnged the way I view fashion criticism. This is definitely one of those videos that's gonna have me thinking for the next few days. Thank you for your content, Bliss!

This is whyI love running in to you. 40 years in Fashion and most journalists will be nasty to show that they know what is good and you don’t. It’s too easy

I honestly so glad i subscribed. This channel, I feel is one of the most genuine.

Can’t wait for you to reach one million subscribers you’re almost there

Bliss, tell me that was meant to be a visual gag by inserting a photo of Nelly Furtado while mentioning Ariana Grande 🙃

Great observation! PS as a southerner in a suburban tract home. I don’t know where you live but if know my architecture I love your old southern home. Looks like Charleston SC or Savannah GA. ❤

SHOUT OUT WALT WITMAN GAY ICON REGARDLESS

Amazing video. I wonder the implications for criticizing some of the broader issues with the fashion industry at large (forced labor in luxury supply chains? Greenwashing? Even just shoddy workmanship?). If the Bernard Arnaults of the world have created an arts industry free from meaningful negative criticism, seems like we have a problem.

a couple of years ago I was completely into fashion and I was so thrilled about getting intensely involved on it, but nowadays big fashion brands just do nonsense.

Thank you for defining the difference between criticism and being a critic in non academic every day language in relation to your subject area. Ps I am a retired academic.

That pic of Animal Collective looks a lot like Four Tet 😅

Suzy haircut don’t aligned with my taste but i must admit she’s create an unforgettable and authentic look. Beside her haircut, she’s is always well dress! And i love her a lot for being true to herself! By the way, you wear a very beautiful jacket! 👌🏼 Also very good video! Thanks 🙏🏼

This is your channel’s best content. It's brilliantly written with insight backed by an enviable wealth of knowledge. You brim with passion without a hint of pretentiousness. I'm not over exaggerating when I say you’ve rekindled my love of fashion. Thank you, Bliss and bravo.

On your Hamlet journal example. I found a youtuber called Ellie Dashwood this week and all of the videos of her I have seen are bout Jane Austen and how masterfully she portrayed uppercrust Regency English people... and I have found great enjoyment on her content because it helps me see all the stuff I didn't understand when I first read some of her more famous books at like 16 years old. And Bernadette Banner is for me the GOAT of fashion historical reconstruction KZfaq and part of it is recontextualising the amount of laubour and tools and expectations of the time, in one of her videos she said that in Victorian hand sewing manuals it was recommended (ideally) that every stitch had like two threads width and I was horrified at the thought of sewing anything in such a manner. I can sew and embroider both with the machine and by hand (even if not very skillfully) there is no power in heaven or hell that can convince me to stitch even a single cuff with a a two thread width stitch... Fashion History/Analysis and history in general doesn't need to start being written centuries or decades after and I personally consider you and Daniella are making a very strong base for it that is and will be greatly appreciated. Fashion informataiment is good funny haha content but your videos are actually educational.

great content , the greatness... thank you Bliss! We love you

This was such an incredible video that can be applied to so many things. Thank you!

Recently the topic of criticism in art has been occupying me, however from another perspective. *Who the creators make their art for, critics or people?* As someone who goes to theater and cinema a lot, I can make my own opinion and say it was 8/10, I liked it or I didn’t. And this is how movies make their box office, despite bad critics reviews. And the same goes for fashion, I guess, bc at the end of the day it’s people who are going to bring money to the designer/maison/lvmh… There’s huge difference how professionals and general public perceive the same piece of art - a theater performance, a fashion show etc. And I’m grateful to critics for putting all the threads together and explaining to me why this was good at not so good, but eventually this is me and my emotions that were touched or not during a performance.

It is nice to hear that someone is willing to change their mind over something they previously held dear. Few people are willing to do that these days. Last person I can think of who did was "Hitch"

Teaching design has helped me expand my criticism lens. Young designers have the energy but they may lack the execution. So many times student would present their work and I wouldn’t immediately criticize. I’d ask them what they were thinking when they were trying to come up with several elements in their design. Hearing them talk through their process or even better when they showed me rough drafts was much more productive than me shitting on their design. Not fashion but I believe the access aspect can also apply to architecture. Drawing, videos, photos, VR experiences of a place can only do so much. You have to experience those spaces yourself. Unlike clothing or other products, there is only one of that piece. Because of the way the sun, elements and people operate within in the space, you can’t ever replicate that anywhere else in earth.

shoutout Walt Whitman, gay icon!!!

Good to know when I start a fashion brand bliss won’t roast me if I have a bad show

theres always an energy when bliss educates us on people like margiela, rick owens, rei kawakubo, and brands like undercover that shows that a fashion critic is more than the sum of their parts. watching bliss's videos isnt just a runway analysis, its an immersive experience that im grateful for.

i also like the color green💚🌳🌳🍀 and electronic music 🎵and your videos🙃

Not a picture of Nelly furtado when you said Arianna grande 😂😂😂😂

Thank you for this and well said. So appreciative of the work and grateful. Thank you and thank you again.

this spiel at 19:00 is chock full of philosopchial concepts man

So rich, inspiring and full of references…. What an amazing video!

I like it when he yells at me 🥹

Watched on Patreon. Comment for algorithm

I got my mom to start watching you! Love you bliss!

when you spoke apon derivitivity??? if that is a word??? I felt it because on first listen with cities aviv I thought he was just an "earl sweatshirt clone" but as I got more into his work I realized how his sound really came to be and how he himself kind of pioneered that certain abstract hiphop sound in his production. He is now my favorite musical artist

So upset that there were no secret treasures after the minute long end card

Don't be judgmental, be curious. Words to live by...

New fan here! Thank you for all you do

Off topic but been following you for quite some time and loving the hair journey

The closeups of your chest had me rollin 😂

THAT'S why you never say when things are obviously terrible. The "lumps" show was so obviously dog muck that I won't even bother getting the name right, but you'd risk missing everything else the designer and the brand ever showed if you said so.

that one enthusiastic friend you invite to dinner at a resto who talks about how much he loves turtles XD lol

Negativity is incredible important and necessary. It needs to be there to balance out the positivity in order to make us balanced and not deluded. Focusing only on positivity is for people with fragile and big egos who can't handle criticism. Designers need to be accept criticism and must never think they are beyond it. We can like and dislike, this is human nature and helps us navigate the world we live in. We shouldn't change the equilibrium of life. Negativity is fundamental and acceptable.

omg the intro is so cute ah haha

many thganks for your professional quality videos.

Talking facts for nearly 30 min. What a great and serious episode!

I'm drawing a blank. What's the 4th fashion capital you mentioned?

6:12 is THAT Ariana? You’re joking right that’s another actress 😂

I see a no negative review policy as embracing a certain amount of mystery. Mystery is part of my love of fashion.

Oh man u don't like camp. That makes sense honestly, but boy do I have really campy ideas. My brain is the campsite with s'mores and ghost stories

Now I am wondering if this phenomenon of being hypercritical about fashion is just a symptom, or indicative, of our culture (today's culture) as a whole. There's this idea that if you criticize something, that makes you smart...or it makes you look smart. It makes you look like you have access to info that the rest of us plebes don't. You hear it from politicians--Oh, you just *don't know*--meaning, "if you were as smart as I am, you'd be critical too." I think that's part of the reason why conspiracy theories gain so much traction--people buy into it because they don't want to look dumb. They lack common sense and healthy skepticism, but they want to seem as if they've got some insider info (though none exists bc it's bs), so they paradoxically buy into theories that are extraordinarily stupid. Maybe it's nothing new--the blind leading the blind, lemmings, etc.

the Philosophical Perspectives on Fashion book is so pricey - if anyone has any leads on where to find a cheap copy, i would greatly appreciate it

I loved this breakdown. Very well said.

Thank you for bringing us the art of criticism in this video. Because criticism can be artfully expressed, that is a mark I look for in critiques. Show me what you know. Tell me why succinctly. Explain the comparison and contrast. Reactionary criticism is not fact, not a critique. That behavior is a false assumption that glides past education simply to entertain the critic and his/her/their following. I want intelligent and informed criticism. Reactions are lazy. New subscriber here.

This whole video made me think a lot about the latest sunnei show, where everyone had to rank the silhouette. Even if it was just an unjustified note out of ten, you could actually see what silhouette was a stand out, how a random silhouette without context would make someone feel on the spot, and how mixed or unanimous the opinons were. And having the note on the runway picture was pretty bold too, you’re buying a garment where you actually if people tend to like it or not. I think it was a genuinely healthy and interesting approach to fashion criticism, at least in this context

Christopher, that is

25:04 has to be used as a meme template. Bliss is the best KZfaq Critic rn. Keep it up mate!🤌

reductive and distracting. I totally agree, blind criticism limits space

Shoutout Walt Whiteman, gay icon !

The Hermes video was the best of the year SO FAR.

Ariana Grande, the artist formerly known as Nelly Furtado.

15:00 omg, yes it will. Yes.

i like the way pitchfork does it. there is an infuriating grade, and beneath it, there is serious critique, more or less in the ways you described. not that i think you should do that, or, actually, change anything to your approach.

Great video!

if someone gave 7/10 to the hermès margiela show, it should stand. if fashion tells us of/is our time, so does the reaction to it. capturing the present time is important. the current opinion about that show will change too. the past changes all the time.

IF YOU FOUND IT EMOTIOANALLYY OFFPUTTING IT RESONATED

broooo I just submitted my yearbook quote saying it's from Walt Whitman it's so over

6:12 that is Canadian icon Nelly Furtado! not Arianna Grande!

Great content, the fabric quality of your jacket is distracting me. Very nice

FASHION IS CULTURE!!! Could've not say it better👏. But ALL the runway shows shown in the vid are the ones you dont like? Or what 😂. Anywas I enjoy your content, is there still a discord platform?

Tedd Lasso said Be Curious Not Judgmental, but idk if he said it first :)

Basically Mourinho's "If I speak I'm in big trouble" 🤐🤐

I thought « oh, why not » seeing the thumbnail. And then it was great. And better than what I had imagined. Obviously it was, what did I expect.

bliss on 🔝

Hahaha the "Ariana grande" photo....

BLISS !!

who cares if you like it? do you GET it?