Carol Christian Poell

[Pumpfish]

[QUOTE=Christian;334571In addition, the reference to the ski boots would be consistent with CCP's constant effort to invent garments that hinders/restricts/impedes the movement.[/QUOTE]


You say hinder/restrict/impede;

I say enhance.

Not mutually exclusive, bit the motive is positive.

[cjbreed]

wait are u saying that wearing ccp enhances one's movement? where to kop easy fit ccp?

[diorowen]

^
hmm,from my opinion,
I've tried having the dipped sneakers, soleless version.
I think its really comfortable to walk on, (slipery on a wet asphalt)
and most notably is the laces and sneakers construction.
this is just me, but on other sneakers sometimes when I pull a laces, there won't be pulled perfectly to the top hole,
there will be some knot or left over laces on some of the hole. (not tightly laced)
but with this sneakers, due to the form, construction, and the waxed laces, its actually easy to pull the laces perfectly, thus making the sneakers easy to remove or put on.

sry for my bad english, hope its digestable.

[Pumpfish]

I wasnt restricting my comments to footwear. I was thinking more about the tailoring.

[Chant]

"orthopädische Schneiderei"

As for Carol continued "effort" to design and invent garments that specifically impede movement, I disagree with that being an over "goal" per se.

If you're referring to his explicit intentions, unfortunately, it is.

In addition, even though I could agree with the idea of making you more cognizant of movement, I'd say that all the articulated features - no contradiction : I have always described his garments as, more or less, an articulated armour - are ironic, a decoy, or a trompe-l'oeil. The junction is actually always, or often, a dis-junction. Let me quote a very good specialist of his work : " [...] in Poell's garments, functional finality is not pertinent".
What his garments make you aware of, more than movement, is the way your body is articulated. And, in addition, that articulations are weak points - in the different meanings of the word.

[zamb]

/\ said boot is articulated to my closet right now

[Chant]

/\ said boot is articulated to my closet right now

Great contribution Zam !
Lacking maybe a bit of poetry.

[zamb]

I will lease them to you for two 6 months

[zamb]

Great contribution Zam !
Lacking maybe a bit of poetry.

articulated monstrosity,
animalistic variety
kangaroo, horse and the bovine specie

an ugly boot,
for an ugly brute
Poell laughs at the stupidity
of fetishistic pursuits

Poellianism,
a new religion
anoint a priest
an apostle, give us a deacon!

[nycd]

awesome zam!

an ode to the most painful boots i have ever worn.

[Chant]

awesome zam!

an ode to the most painful boots i have ever worn.

Articulated, yet painfull.

[DHC]

One does not wear Poell. One simply surrenders to the shackles. The relationship is one of submission.
"The junction is actually...often, a dis-junction." Nicely put Christian.

[leparadox]

Fe-male Collection 2010 - Carol Christian Poell

Hi, these are just a few pics that I shot last week at CCP Womenswear presentation. Obviously I wasn't allowed to photograph Dead End or Self-Edge great pieces but these Xray Knits were astonishing.













If you want read the article in which I describe the collection here is the link

http://le-paradox.blogspot.com/2011/11/carol-christian-poell-fe-male.html

[lowrey]

thanks for the pictures, but x-ray is not the same thing as reflective materials

[leparadox]

thanks for the pictures, but x-ray is not the same thing as reflective materials

Unfortunately are just a few. I know that the garments are in yarns coated with particles of glass on an aluminium undercoat; but they are part of the "X-ray" pieces, as the men's x-ray jackets, the name is referred to their visual effect.