Limi Feu FW12 RTW - Paris

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Love love this!

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^ yay! this is so so good. wonderful job, Ms. Yamamoto!

[Faust]

Ehh, I just can't get behind this. I want to love Limi, but can't.

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but you are certainly not the only one

Tim Blanks for Style.com

"I have a feminine heart," Limi Feu said fiercely, as she pounded her chest. Then she dissolved into hoots of laughter. She is, after all, a designer whose collections have often been based on a gender-neutral, teddy-girl proposition. So her latest show, with the Marilyn Monroe-ish fluffiness of its hair and makeup, felt like a step forward—or at least, to some other place.

"The fifties, romantic, feminine," she said. OK, if you say so, Limi. The opening looks had a convent-girl severity, with a touch of blush pink to add inconvenient sensuality, but then that bulky-cocoon Edwardian thing that blights Japanese design insinuated itself into the silhouette. It was a blessed relief when Limi dropped in some fiercely corseted looks to restrict her voluminous white poet shirts. Better yet when an army green subtext snuck in. It is exactly that kind of unpredictable left-field touch that gives her collections the kick to carry you through the inevitable asymmetric, funereal longueurs. And if the only feminine heart that army green brings to mind is Private Benjamin's, then Limi may be on the right track after all.

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while they volume cutting seems skillful, its something about what she does with her clothes that i dont like very much? just feels wishy washy with semi-feminine cuts that want to be artist/poet but fail to do so imo. looks like dress up

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i feel that she will be hard pressed to find a critic not to call her derivative no matter what gender-neutrality mantra she may adhere to. i may be way off but this reminds me of older chanel. i like a bit of the volume she plays with but i like yohji and rei as well so theres that. i absolutely hate her model selection. one in particular but her thick legs will speak for themself.

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rilu, those are my fave jackets too! i also like how the pant waist morphs into coat neckline in two looks. and the little red hat is darling. in the past, she had trouble controlling the volume, but in this collection, she really took a great step forward confining it, imo.

check out the constriction done on these pants



in fact, that is one of my fave looks. love that neck/collar scarf thing also.

and this



suspender at the ankle? I WANT!