Designers and what they wear themselves

[zamb]

yes, the first of many mistakes, apparently!

I know she is a favorite of yours, Zam. You have very fine taste!

i like her because she respects womens body and privacy in her work, to think of it i had bought a few of her pieces for my wife when we were dating, but my all time favorite (designer crush) is a little designer from LA named Jasmin Shokrian........ do you know her?

[laika]

my all time favorite (designer crush) is a little designer from LA named Jasmin Shokrian........ do you know her?

well, i do now! She is a very lovely woman and the designs on her website are lovely too. i like your stuff better though.

***speaking of which, i keep meaning to tell you that i wear my skirt all the time (and my top also, although more in the spring) and i get lots and lots of compliments!

[zamb]

well, i do now! She is a very lovely woman and the designs on her website are lovely too. i like your stuff better though.

***speaking of which, i keep meaning to tell you that i wear my skirt all the time (and my top also, although more in the spring) and i get lots and lots of compliments!

thanks, that is the greatest compliment. I hate when people say........ oh your stuff is so lovely, but never acquire any of it. so your words do mean alot to me............i really miss designing, i still have a lot of work i want to do............ maybe soon again...................

[philip nod]

i like how this is the antithesis of the les thread. everybody being really nice and complimentary no egos at stake, why because its a thread about designers...the second it becomes about ones own time to bite off the head

[Fuuma]

i like how this is the antithesis of the les thread. everybody being really nice and complimentary no egos at stake, why because its a thread about designers...the second it becomes about ones own time to bite off the head

You're just jealous because I'm more baller than you and Les was god!!! Just kidding. Yeah good thread. I wonder if I can ask Branquinho to marry me after her show is over. Another cute Véronique is Véronique Nichanian at Hermès but I doubt you guys like her designs.

[rorschach]

Agreeeeeee. She is so lovely.

Speaking of which, we should have pics in this thread.





edit: servo got their first!

Yeah, branquinho is one of the favorites. She has a book out now - a retrospective of her past seasons with lots of imagery and text. I saw it in her antwerp store in October and was going to get it but didnt get a chance to go back for it. Got sucked into the Annie D flagship worm hole and by the time we got out things were closing for the day..

Re: Slimane. I read in an interview somewhere that he often made his own clothes growing up. His mother was a seamstress so, from a young age, he learned sewing, pattern making, etc and thus was always able to make the clothes he wanted.

[Fuuma]

Is the VB book the expo book, if so get it, I like it alot. The only criticism I could make is that some of the collection pictures are small because they wanted to fit a lot of them in a small package.

[Heirloom]

Yea, man, as much as I loved Stockholm - gorgeous city - the population looked so homogenious, it was mind boggling. I've never seen anything like that. Weird. Lots of JL logos. Oh, well.

it's freaking annoying you know. People are so afraid of sticking out here, it's insane.

[Faust]

Is the VB book the expo book, if so get it, I like it alot. The only criticism I could make is that some of the collection pictures are small because they wanted to fit a lot of them in a small package.

Yea, that part sucked. Ok, ok, since you are all so VB-loving all of a sudden (errr, I mean decided to express your love for her all of a sudden), I promise to upload the entire MoMu exhibition I shot, including a video (I suck at youtube though).

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

it's freaking annoying you know. People are so afraid of sticking out here, it's insane.

That's interesting, with todays obsession with the subject, everybody seems to want to define themselves. You would think one of the best sales/marketing point a label can have is, if you wear this you are an unique and special individual.

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

To be honest I sometimes find some SZ looks to be quite fashion victimy as it just looks like a huge pile of designer clothes on top of another. I honestly don't think I'm ever guilty of that so I guess I'm feeling smug right now.

I honestly believe if I ever was a victim of anything, it is of a bod(y)(ies).

I love Ann Demeulemeester in her own clothing.
I honestly think she is a victim of bodies to ...



On another note Vivienne Westwood once said something
along the lines, that people are so lazy nowadays, they
just want to wear jeans ...

[carrion]

i wonder what margiela wears since he is so obscure.

[Heirloom]

That's interesting, with todays obsession with the subject, everybody seems to want to define themselves. You would think one of the best sales/marketing point a label can have is, if you wear this you are an unique and special individual.

true. It is a neverending struggle though, isn't it? The ideal way of sticking out is sticking out enough to not be blamed for being a coward and wanting to blend in with the crowd, but not too much to be percieved as rebellious or an attention whore. But if you follow that recipe, you end up being average, and that's exactly what you wanted to not be. As long as people want to be stylish they'll never dare to draw attention, cause they wouldn't feel comfortable reaching that state where what they wear and how they look is such a statement that they will have people disapproving of their style. Frankly, i am annoyed by it, but i found the only way to deal with it is to get tired fo thinking about it, brush it of and have a snack.

[Faust]

I don't see dressing differently as an issue at all. If anything, it's the easiest thing to do in a society that is subjected to homogeneous information. Everyone wears the same fucking thing - it's so easy to stand out. I wonder why you find that hard, especially in Sweden. When I was in Stockholm, every boy looked the same. I've never seen such a like-minded city in terms of fashion in my life.

[Bosozoku]

It's intruiging to see though how Swedish "style" is so different from other Scandinavian countries.

Just returned from Helsinki (Finland) and people seem to dress as uniquely as they can (including the domination of goth and Japanese styles of dressing up). Hel-looks.com has some cool pics up so now and then.

Apart from that - and to stick with the topic - so now and then I see Viktor&Rolf walking down the street, wearing exactly the same outfit looking like almost indentical twins. Fascinating to see how they are able to portrait themselves as clowns both on- and off the runway