Back in her jury chair on “France has incredible talent”, on M6, the popular Marianne James remains true to her style: cash! Questioned by “Le Journal des Femmes”, she also proved it by talking about her relationship with fashion, she who suffers from her extra pounds.
On the occasion of the 20th season of France has incredible talentsinger and actress Marianne James gave an interview to Women’s Journal. The star spoke about her passion for artist candidates, her upcoming projects, her life between Paris and the provinces but also fashion. Because yes, the juror likes the clothes and does not hesitate to rant against the fast fashion…
“I am at war”
Marianne James had imagined a collection Tailissime ranging from 42 to 62, in the 2000s, for La Redoute. And she has vivid memories of it. “When we make eleven collections, we are no longer a white goose at all“, she told us. So, she now takes a dim view of the arrival of fast fashion selling very inexpensive products…”I am at war with Shein and Temu. I am at war! If you buy jeans for 8 euros, it’s not the price of the fabric. It’s obvious that an 8-year-old child falls asleep under his sewing machine, that he doesn’t go to school, that he is paid 50 cents per pair of jeans.” she assures.
And Marianne James is no kinder to those who buy clothes from these brands: “All these women and men who treat themselves, even though they already have around thirty pairs of jeans and are buying a thirty-first one, are paying lip service to an ogre called Shein.“So don’t count on her to go shopping at the brand’s future corner within the BHV…
“I understood why it was absolutely necessary to save 13 cents”
Marianne James has always been faced with a lack of offers adapted to her body shape due to her weight – she who claims to have weighed up to 140 kilos and would need to lose 60 -, and had therefore developed a collection designed for large sizes. “I had the chance at one time to draw, not alone of course, for a large mail order catalog“, she remembered. A remarkable experience, with “eleven collections, five winters and six summers“, which allowed her to discover the workings of an industry much more complex than she thought.
“By the third collection, I understood why it was absolutely necessary to save 13 cents by having a zip done rather than a seam“, she explains. And the compromises don’t stop there: “By the fourth, I understood that adding three buttons and embroidery would inevitably send the product to India or Madagascar. And that the price would therefore no longer be 19.90 euros, but 29.90 euros.” Enough to allow him today to explain why clothes sold so cheaply are necessarily of poor quality and do not last long.
