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  • laika
    moderator
    • Sep 2006
    • 3787

    Taille by Wim Neels



    Taille This on for Size

    Paris



    Taille, the French word for "size" or "waist" also means "cut
    with precision;" it is the most accurate name this menswear line could
    possibly be blessed with.


    It's no secret that men have a slightly different method of shopping
    than women. Fantasy is cast aside to make room for decisions based on
    structure, form, and engineering; this is where designer Wim Neels
    excels with Taille. Such is the precision of the cut that a customer
    can call in and ask, "What's new in size 48?" When the list is reeled
    off, he can say "I'll take the navy pea coat, one of each shirt, and
    all the jumpers." In Paris the pieces fly off the racks at such speed ?
    mostly by phone ? that Taille never makes it to the sales. So what men
    may lack in fantasy, they make up for in obsession. Surprisingly
    reasonable prices mean that the volume of your Taille wardrobe depends
    less on the depth of your wallet and more on whether you keep the
    stockists on speed dial.


    For those who have the time and prefer to see and touch the fabric
    before they empty their bank accounts, Wim Neels occasionally makes a
    few pieces exclusively for l'Éclaireur
    in Paris, where it is a pleasure to hear the staff wax lyrical as they
    show off structural details the uneducated eye might miss. They whisper
    in hushed tones: many of the Taille clients are, in fact, designers
    themselves.


    So under the radar is Wim Neels that even Stephen McIlvenna, one of the
    store's conseillere en mode who has been with l'Éclaireur as long as
    Neel's line, has never laid eyes on the mysterious designer ? not that
    he is the first of the Belgians to adopt this tactic. There is no
    question that this sense of mystery played its part in the cult status
    acquired by Maison Martin Margiela.
    Models have been known to spend hours completely unaware that they were
    undergoing a fitting by Margiela himself (and we can count on our
    fingers the number of portraits anyone has seen of Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten.)



    Very much in contrast is the approach to fashion by Tom Ford. Just as much the perfectionist as Wim Neels, Tom Ford was chosen (instead of Neels) to take over the reins at Gucci
    back in 1995 when they both worked for the house. Since then, Wim Neels
    has launched three lines: Vêtements de Travail, a concise collection of
    basics; Vêtements Wim Neels, which is available only in northern
    Europe; and Taille, the label of which is simply the size of the
    article: 46, 48, 50, 52, or 54.

    -Karina Jeffrey



    Photos:

    Wim Neels













    ...I mean the ephemeral, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art whose other half is the eternal and the immutable.
  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    #2
    Re: Taille by Wim Neels

    Yep, I'm going to check it out. Wim Neels is an interesting figure - he ALMOST went the way of Margiela, but somehow stopped short, maybe couldn't find funding. His stuf is basic, but well made. Basically, he's done everything someone like Stephen Schneider, and now Patrick Ervell are doing. I used to have a cool coat by him, which I lost in the Paris airport. I haven't seen his stuff in over a year, so naturally curious to see what he is up to.
    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      #3
      Re: Taille by Wim Neels



      [quote user="merz"]I'm quite taken with that overcoat in the foreground bottom photograph, but the article brings yet another letdown - the bastard does not make anything in 44. Screw this, i'm moving to japan.
      [/quote]



      What if you start eating a lot and go to the gym? [:D]

      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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      • jippos
        Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 81

        #4
        Re: Taille by Wim Neels

        I have a few items of his from the Taille line (two pants, one shirt) that I bought at MAC in San Francisco. I hadn't heard of him, but bought them because they fit me so well. Since then, MAC has not carried him, and I've been curious to see more. As the article states, he's not easy to find; nor is his clothing. It'd be great to find a stockist in the US.

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        • Faust
          kitsch killer
          • Sep 2006
          • 37852

          #5
          Re: Taille by Wim Neels

          I know Barneys Co-Op at the flagship on Madison carried his line for a while, but I they have dropped it.
          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

          StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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          • Chinorlz
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2006
            • 6422

            #6
            Re: Taille by Wim Neels



            I've always found it fascinating to learn about who was chosen to head what line over whom.




            If Neels had been chosen for Gucci, I wonder a) where Gucci would be today and b) where Tom Ford would be today.




            Neels' line from the photos isn't amazing, but is still conceptually interesting. It's definitely hard to find designers/lines these days that offer both a custom fit to their clothes and extremely innovative styles.




            That being said, there will forever be a market for sharp fitting classic pieces such as those that Neels' offers. Wish there were more photos that were less..... artistic so you can see the cut and silhouette!

            www.AlbertHuangMD.com - Digital Portfolio Of Projects & Designs

            Merz (5/22/09):"i'm a firm believer that the ultimate prevailing logic in design is 'does shit look sick as fuck' "

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            • Faust
              kitsch killer
              • Sep 2006
              • 37852

              #7
              Re: Taille by Wim Neels

              /\ In addition, I would like to see his store open on Monday. I know it's a novel concept, but something he should try.
              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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