Designers/Brands You Want to Love but Can't

[BeauIXI]

lolz. I'm curious to hear in which sense.. I've actually seen myself progressing towards his more tailored work as I get older. Or at least his older work in that vein. And I dig Kunk in his stuff. I can't even fit my thighs in any of dude's skinny pants (without alterations), so what can I say...

Sigh...

[khiev]

Justine, did you try her coats? I think they're really quite something.

[howinpark]

lolz. I'm curious to hear in which sense.. I've actually seen myself progressing towards his more tailored work as I get older. Or at least his older work in that vein. And I dig Kunk in his stuff. I can't even fit my thighs in any of dude's skinny pants (without alterations), so what can I say...

I'm born with thick thighs.
Always have to go with loose fits... I am feeling ya..

[JetLag]

I'd like to buy CCP but there's nothing available in size 46 since a looooong time...^^

[kofi3159]

Marc jacobs.. But the whole color thing(Red pants and blue top) doesnt really fit me..

[quiet noise]

Is it just me or has this thread more or less turned into "Designers/Brands that you just dont like at all" :P?

[theetruscan]

Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester. Both brands are so heavily purchased and loved by people on this board whose looks I otherwise love that I feel I must be missing something, but every time I go to look in person, they seem completely uninspired to me. I've looked at both for a few years now (in passing) and wondered why the Archive, or Barney's or wherever I was, would bother carrying them. Since seeing so many well dressed people in WAYWT in love with them I feel like I must be missing something, but I can't figure out what it is. I'm not just talking about lego spaceman atrocities like the trainers, but the brands in general. I dunno, they seem repetitive and kind of bland. Like Neil Barrett noir.

So, I thought I'd come back to this. I've come around on Ann Demeulemeester, sort of. I love a lot of the aesthetic*, but the fantastically poor quality of construction is a real turn off. Some of the looks at her older pieces (chant's waistcoat thread for instance) helped me come around. Also, the realization that her pants are cut perfectly for me helped.

I still just can't get Rick's goth jock thing.

* and while I still think the season-to-season similarities can be a bit much, having grown fond of the look makes this ok for me.

[Chinorlz]

I'd like to buy CCP but there's nothing available in size 46 since a looooong time...^^

What?
plenty of 46s on yahoo auctions my friend.

[howinpark]

What?
plenty of 46s on yahoo auctions my friend.

I think he is referring to only here, SZ, I guess.

[JetLag]

Yes, just kidding. But it's true I'm tired of watching the same old rack full of sizes 50 everytime I go to my favorite dealer... http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums...ons/icon12.gif

[Faust]

Bump for new members.

[Sombre]

I was ready to enter into a long explanation, but this expresses my feelings perfectly.

Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester. Both brands are so heavily purchased and loved by people on this board whose looks I otherwise love that I feel I must be missing something, but every time I go to look in person, they seem completely uninspired to me. I've looked at both for a few years now (in passing) and wondered why the Archive, or Barney's or wherever I was, would bother carrying them. Since seeing so many well dressed people in WAYWT in love with them I feel like I must be missing something, but I can't figure out what it is. I'm not just talking about lego spaceman atrocities like the trainers, but the brands in general. I dunno, they seem repetitive and kind of bland. Like Neil Barrett noir.

I'll add Undercover and Number (N)ine. I haven't seen either label in person, but I look at the pieces and I find them gimmicky, although for N(N) that really only applies to "A Closed Feeling". (I realize the word "gimmicky" is a lot coming from me).

[Faust]

Hehe, ask theetruscan how much Ann he has bought since. I like to look at the old threads to see how our tastes change over time, because taste is an organic, constantly changing thing. Some things grow on you, some things hit you right away, some things you become disillusioned with or mature from. It's a part of life.

[kunk75]

^true. I gave up on raf entirely a couple of seasons ago and have bought some lame dries basics.

[cjbreed]

dude you were a raf enthusiast too. but i think a lot of people fell off on raf