FashionIndie.com vs NY Observer
I recently read an article in the NY Observer about bloggers and fashion week, where FashionIndie.com was mentioned for planning a crash of the Christian Siriano show. The paper said, "The Since sponsor IMG hasn’t invited him to attend, he’s just going to barrel his way in, with a crew of crony bloggers in tow."
I was slightly annoyed at the idea of this blogger giving the rest of us a bad name, but I'm sure glad I didn't say anything now that more truth has come to light! FashioIndie writer Daniel Saynt has responded with a libel lawsuit and the following comments:
The Observer took this editorial piece and made it seem as if it was going to be a crazed media stunt to garner "cheap traffic" for our website by crashing Christian Siriano's show. Without any confirmation or outreach to myself or my organization, they printed a libelous story that makes our company seem juvenile and unprofessional.I WOULD say that a lawsuit is still too much, but the Observer article resulted in the cancellation of Fashion Indie Week (a seasonal series of events and editorial coverage focused around emerging designers during New York Fashion Week that I was planning to attend!) and well as rejections from many shows they had previously been confirmed for. They even lost their biggest advertiser over this. In the end, I guess it's not really other bloggers who give us a bad name, but the jealous, old mediums like print that are SO 20th Century, ha.
We are registered members of the press and have every credential necessary for entrance into Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. We also have established relationships with the public relations firms of hundreds of designers and have never had to "barrel" our way into any fashion event. Their representation of FashionIndie.com, our writers, and myself as anarchists set to unhinge the fashion world with our careless behavior was completely irresponsible and this type of defamation of character has already begun to affect our relationship with an industry we love and respect.
3 comments:
I'm sorry, but a lawsuit is silly. A correction would do. If warranted.
This is very interesting, to say the least. The lawsuit seems a bit extravagent, but if it's what it takes to get recognition for bloggers as a fundamental media platform, then it may be necessary. There are so many people trying to debase blogs and deny that they are decentralizing ALL forms of news media, maybe a law suit will attract attention to the field.
yeah, i think it's crazy too... esp in retrospect many shows had to let in uninvited people merely to fill up seats. i had no problem getting into two i had no invites for (the only two i attempted). and i didn't receive press credentials either (which saved me $90... thank you very much).
so basically they're all making a big deal out of nothing.
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