My buying a calculator watch, and reading a recent NYT articles on great products that get discontinued, got me to start this thread in a fashion related manner. I know that some of us are older than others, but fashion changes so quickly that it makes it hard for us to feel nostalgic.
I miss:
Jurgi Persoons - one of the most talented womenswear designers who only lasted a few years. I got to like him exactly how one should - by being floored by his work without knowing a single thing about him. I saw it in Barneys one day, and it just killed me. I couldn't stop staring at it and turning it whichever way, my (female) friend basically had to drag me away from it.
Helmut Lang - obviously. He contributed to fashion immensely, and I loved him not as much for minimalism, but for the fact that whenever he chose his clothes to be sexy, he did in such a raw, visceral, yet tasteful way. I don't think anyone has done it like that since. Most of all I miss his accessories, but also jeans and pants.
Olivier Theyskens own line. Talk about theater of fashion - that was it. I don't think Rochas as a house has offered to do anything as remotely sweeping. I think that maybe it will change with Nina Ricci.
Lieve van Gorp - I think along with Raf Simons she was able to translate a teenager rebellious aesthetic into fashion dead on. And her and Raf did it at the time when it hasn't yet become such a cliche. Come to think of it, it makes me wonder if this is why Raf has stopped doing this type of work.
Cloak before Plokhov got famous. Everything was just right (except quality control :-)). It was like a breath of fresh air for US menswear.
I miss:
Jurgi Persoons - one of the most talented womenswear designers who only lasted a few years. I got to like him exactly how one should - by being floored by his work without knowing a single thing about him. I saw it in Barneys one day, and it just killed me. I couldn't stop staring at it and turning it whichever way, my (female) friend basically had to drag me away from it.
Helmut Lang - obviously. He contributed to fashion immensely, and I loved him not as much for minimalism, but for the fact that whenever he chose his clothes to be sexy, he did in such a raw, visceral, yet tasteful way. I don't think anyone has done it like that since. Most of all I miss his accessories, but also jeans and pants.
Olivier Theyskens own line. Talk about theater of fashion - that was it. I don't think Rochas as a house has offered to do anything as remotely sweeping. I think that maybe it will change with Nina Ricci.
Lieve van Gorp - I think along with Raf Simons she was able to translate a teenager rebellious aesthetic into fashion dead on. And her and Raf did it at the time when it hasn't yet become such a cliche. Come to think of it, it makes me wonder if this is why Raf has stopped doing this type of work.
Cloak before Plokhov got famous. Everything was just right (except quality control :-)). It was like a breath of fresh air for US menswear.
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