Kenzo - S/S 2012 - Paris

[rilu]

[Wiggles]

i think this is fantastic. i love the shapes, the sculptural quality to most every piece, the styling, the color/pattern combinations, even the background. great. just great.

[Servo2000]

The first 6 looks as a set I really like. It's nice to see such an odd but super-focused exploration of something - here I suppose being the morphology of a single pattern over a variety of forms (the hats being especially good).

[CHRIS]

this is so fucking stunning my face hurts

i'm the rare sz member that also happens to love opening ceremony so this is like, woowwoowowowowwwoooooah since their influence is very clear

[david s]

I see all of this and I wonder why Kanye generated so much conversation.

I think this shit is da' bomb, it pushes the boundaries of of what is recognizably Kenzo, but still is Kenzo... if that makes sense, if I was doing my advertising speak I would say it's "on brand".

I do see the influence of Opening Ceremony, but more from back in the day when they first opened and more adventurous.

[droogist]

Wait, are we being ironic?

[Faust]

Wait, are we being ironic?

I surely hope so.

[Zenith]

I'm Nauseated on every level. Looks like the set of a bad kids show.

[droogist]

I surely hope so.

I thought maybe everyone had gotten together and agreed to post some lousy nothing of a collection and then pretend to be super enthousiastic about it just to fuck with my head.

[CHRIS]

no, it makes me wet. physiological response = no joke

[andrew]

I think its good fun. Nothing wrong with that.

[Qwerty]

Except for the Balenciaga-derivative sportswear, none of this is remotely wearable. Did they decide to fire Marras for this?

Marras may be too "folksy" for my taste but he at least continued the vision of Kenzo himself.

[Faust]

Except for the Balenciaga-derivative sportswear, none of this is remotely wearable. Did they decide to fire Marras for this?

Marras may be too "folksy" for my taste but he at least continued the vision of Kenzo himself.

Bingo. But Marras did not have the hype and Kenzo is owned by LVMH, so...

[Qwerty]

It's tragic for fashion when the most mediocre "party" designers are hyped, feted and excitedly twittered about....and now twits get to decide who's "hot". So they basically gave up this

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2008/fall/main/europe/womenrunway/kenzo/

for the fright in this thread.

[CHRIS]

qwerty, how old are you? i don't see the 'fright' or the apparent lack of wearability whatsoever, so i'm curious.

maybe they'd be better off at a house more in line with their playful aesthetic, but i'm pretty sure that this, in conjuction with the lowered pricepoints will appeal to an entirely different market. and that was probably the point all along, since kenzo may have lost its appeal somewhere down the line. i wouldn't know, i was never a fan. but you just happened to post a collection from three years ago, so...