New Article on Ann Demeulemeester

[Fuuma]

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[quote user="Fuuma"]I think its important to keep in mind the audience when reading the article, it does cover a lot of ground we've already seen and the presentation is as long as the interview itself but it constitutes a self-contained introduction to Demeulemeester's work. I'd really like to see a follow-up concentrating on the fabric and creative process, as that's where it shone for someone, like me, who already knew about her work.
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Agreed. It's a fine line writing for a dilettante audience and trying to engage a more discerning public.

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Definitely, you can see the author took great pains not to leave anyone behind so as to ensure a casual reader would get something out of it, something I only noticed on my second reading. I wonder if Haaretz is interested in making it a series of designers interviews using (and refining) a similar approach; that could create a body of work that would be relevant beyond the ephemeral nature of newspaper/dailies journalism.

[Fuuma]

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Related: anyone knows about what is sold in Israël as it pertains to fashion? Is there an awereness and availabilitysimilar to what you find in western europe or big cities in the US?

[amit shoham]

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(beware of alousy english post, sorry.)

as the editor of the piece, i must say first of all that it was brilliantly done by the writer, not only by israely standards but by journalistic standards per se.of course, as the sharp-eyed fuuma has noticed, it was written for a dilletant reader - 'Haaretz' isthe 3rddaily newspaper in israel, soit's appeal is quite broad and thus we can't allow ourselves towrite for thosewho are allready in the know, like most of you guys hereare. we have to start from the beginning, especially when wewrite about someone likeAD - which maybe 500 out of 7,000,000 israelis know who she is (and only 10-15 of them can pronounce her name right). her clothes- and this will answer your second question fuuma- are not sold in israel, except for one small boutique in the upper zone of Tel Aviv which sells asmall collection from her women stuff. that's it.the sameapplies for names like margiela andOwens and that league of designers - they r noway to be found here (and let's not mention Poell, C-diemand all that group). the biggest fashion nameshere are Prada, LV, Cavalli and all that crap. thegiant step we took towards agood taste in recent years waswith Lanvin, and that happenned only becuase AlberAlbaz is one of our own. alas, that doesn't meanone canget Lanvin here. we get only the women stuff, and a fraction of it.

[Avantster]

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Interesting, thanks, amit shoham. And your English is great.

Funnily enough, I could almost say the same about Sydney.

[Real Real]

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Great post, Amit.

[kira]

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Catching up on my reading and this is great. Thanks Faust [51]

Love this:

"I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my
clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect. You can meet
somebody in one of my jackets and it can all look a bit wrong, but also human
and beautiful. Cutting nonchalance into a garment is difficult, because
you can't just make an oversized or an asymmetric garment ? it will look ugly.
Making it look natural is delicate work. If it's too obvious, then it looks
fake. Balancing the garment is a painstaking task, because you have to
keep in mind how the clothes move."

[Faust]

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works well with that post of yours about movement and garments!

[Fuuma]

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(beware of alousy english post, sorry.)

as the editor of the piece, i must say first of all that it was brilliantly done by the writer, not only by israely standards but by journalistic standards per se.of course, as the sharp-eyed fuuma has noticed, it was written for a dilletant reader - 'Haaretz' isthe 3rddaily newspaper in israel, soit's appeal is quite broad and thus we can't allow ourselves towrite for thosewho are allready in the know, like most of you guys hereare. we have to start from the beginning, especially when wewrite about someone likeAD - which maybe 500 out of 7,000,000 israelis know who she is (and only 10-15 of them can pronounce her name right). her clothes- and this will answer your second question fuuma- are not sold in israel, except for one small boutique in the upper zone of Tel Aviv which sells asmall collection from her women stuff. that's it.the sameapplies for names like margiela andOwens and that league of designers - they r noway to be found here (and let's not mention Poell, C-diemand all that group). the biggest fashion nameshere are Prada, LV, Cavalli and all that crap. thegiant step we took towards agood taste in recent years waswith Lanvin, and that happenned only becuase AlberAlbaz is one of our own. alas, that doesn't meanone canget Lanvin here. we get only the women stuff, and a fraction of it.

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Thanks Amit, interesting info. I must say I'm surprised there isn't a bigger tailoring tradition in Israel, considering the number of European Jewish tailors who must have flocked there after WW2.

[amit shoham]

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i'm dissapointed at that,too(my grandfather was a tailor actually), albeit not suprised. the explanation, i think, is that israel, in its first decades, was a poor state, so there wasn't any place for quality orluxury of any kind. people didn't have money for food, let alone clothes. not till1967 and the six day war did he have a real leisureor youth culture.furthermore, the countrywasn't just poor, it was in a constant state of war, so all the effortwas driven to the war machine.this gave us a fucking great weapon industry, but took us away from any aspect oftaste. if u happen to be, say,an architect, you could really develop your skillsinthe newisrael- our bauhausbuildings in Tel Aviv are a worldly treasure. ifu were a tailor, on the other hand, you were doomes to focus on fixind oldsuits and work clothes. the tailoring tradition was kept alive mainly by mothers who remembered the glory daysfrom the old countries and managed to create elaborate dresses based on the patterns they foundin"Burda" magazine. eventually one of them gave birth to a fatty, shy kid named alber(t) elbaz.

[Faust]

The article is now officially in Ann's press kit.

[zamb]

The article is now officially in Ann's press kit.

Sweet!!!!!!!!

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i like the personal anecdote in the first paragraph of the article...the best is always when an artist's muses, inspirations, work, lifestyle and audience are all in sync in a unified direction/theme. There's a certain integrity she's kept that even someone I hold in very high esteem such as Yohji hasn't always kept a hand on, commercial purposes or what not aside - made me think of that Tim Blanks interview w/ Kanye recently where even the rapper turned "fashion plate" admitted "[Ann D] is outside my jurisdiction." Being able to build up that kind of distinct world of its own is an admirable trait to keep up for the long haul, creatively speaking. Difficult, which makes pulling it off all the more commendable.

[Faust]

I agree, FtB. I am sure not all is pure there as well, but nothing ever is.

[kofi3159]

Great article.. Proud owner of many items from her.
Though DADA was just some silly name,,
But really got some info on dadaism..
Well hope she keeps working in fashion..

[BeauIXI]

Haha, Ftb always coming through with the Kanye updates.