Raf Simons FW10 - Paris

[Faust]

I am too tired to post links, here is the album.

SZ had the best seat in the house!

[delphine]

At least it's not the eyesore his past couple have been.

[jogu]

hmmmm i kinda like this . kind of a lot actually

where was this held ?

[Faust]

Jeu de Paume, Place de la Concorde

[casem]

It is a lot better than the last two collections, but still his endless gimmicky riffs on a suit are getting old fast. The magnets on the suit are neither attractive nor as functional as an actual button. My favorite pieces are the transformations of the trench coat and some of the suits with color patches (sorta like what Yohji has done before...).

[merkuri]

knitwear looks promising, his interpretation of the man skirt and north face jacket do not.

[TarHeart]

I think the collection looks simple and basic in an ugly way. That is my first impression.

[zamb]

I see two pieces that i like, nothing else........

[theaddict]

No samurai coat reiteration guys...a least on the runway, sorry for those who hoped on that...

[kofi3159]

This new year really isnt in the sign of good fashion- with ANN being the only execption so far..

[Faust]

Funny how no one care enough to post pictures. And, I thought my shot of Raf was priceless..

[mass]

damn no love for those trenches huh... i really like them.

[asho]

i don't really understand why this isn't at the top of the list with 5 times as many posts. This to me is better than most of the rest of what I've seen this season. I think Raf is back on track with this collection, if you ignore the shoes. As far as a cohesive collection goes this wins the prize, it's tightly edited in a way that other designers could and should learn from.

It is modern. What Raf seems to be doing is pushing boundaries within a small niche of the fashion world, far more admirable in my opinion than setting no limits and seeding down a bunch of feathers, pony skin and python. If I was in a job where I had to wear suit type clothes this would be a breath of fresh air for me.

SZ needs to be careful not to fall in to a pattern of only thinking about drapey goth-type clothes, without yohji showing things may get a little stale 'round here. Think about the way clothes are received in waywt, whenever something breaks from the typical look, it becomes a topic for discussion, far more than "hey nice rick jacket". I don't see why the discussion of shows doesn't follow the same path.

[Fade to Black]

Right. As much as I generally am not too big of a fan of what Raf has become, this was one of the shows I liked more going from the photos. He got the suits right this time with what he failed to pull off at JS in the same season.

[XenoX101]