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brands change over time. sometimes that is inevitable. be it the label is sold to a larger house that doesnt quite share the same vision, the designer leaves the label, or a designer decides to go in a different direction all together. here we will use this thread to provide a little history as to why we still talk about those designers that dont seem like they would necessarily be relevant to stylezeitgeist in their current collections but have had their fill of respectable works that may have been lost/forgotten over time. we look to the past and smile but only for a moment. i for one am very curious about a few but i'll leave that up to the more educated to share..
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Damir doma? Not sure if it changed direction or it was just interpreted differently. But I used to love his work, a lot. (2009-2010)still trapped in my juvenile state -
Hedi Slimane would be the elephant in the room here I'm guessing, followed thereafter by Raf Simons.Comment
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Gotta agree about Damir Doma. No other designer has gone from amazing to bad to worse in such a major way. I was getting depressed the other day looking through the archive on his website. I really wonder what happened. One theory I have is his early garments were overly complex and intricate and thus too hard to produce and turn a profit. The construction on some of them is so interesting and unlike anything other designers were doing, now he just takes ugly fabric and cuts it into a box.
The first two collections below are really inspiring, I wish I owned some of this.
Spring 08
A/W 09
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^ If you did, you would have stored it sealed away. While damirs first seasons were good design wise, the quality was absolute shit and things fell apart when you tried it on etc.
As for the topic, I will throw in an obligatory Cloak, if it satisfies the requirements. Loved Cloak, I've not had any interest in things Plokhov did so far.I do not recognise the vessel,
but the eyes seem so familiarComment
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second on cloak
I still have a few blazers that I cherish very much. I love plokhov sharp tailoring but some of the cuts seem too extreme and I fear they'll be dated soon, Geller is going more casual, which in some cases can be a little too unfinished for me... I love them both though. Would dig a little capsule collection from them, not sure if they're still cool...
Also miss like crazy Helmut Lang for Men. I scour the second hand shops searching for gems, I've found a few.Originally posted by ShucksOriginally posted by interest1Comment
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fucking margielaSuede is too Gucci.Comment
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Well Margiela's been retired since ~2008, right? So I'm not sure if he's still here in the traditional sense.Originally posted by the breaks View Post
I'd also say Number (N)ine's Takahiro Miyashita since I'm not really digging the Soloist.Comment
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Second on Lang, Simons, Margiela, n(n), VOTC-era Dior, and Cloak.
Adding Demeulemeester, at least the menswear cuz I think she still does the womens and I don't pay attention to it anyway. Poell, who apparently isn't producing as regularly/at all, and Westwood/McLaren, because I just saw that show at the MET and those tshirts+the stuff in the replica of Clothes for Heroes were so fucking sick.
Though as a caveat I think the amount of work each designer mentioned here has produced is appropriate and I wouldn't wish that, for example, CCP put out a collection twice a year like everyone else. Because, I think obviously, part of the appeal of the brands a lot of people around here like is the mystique and rarity.Comment
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roberto menichetti; whatever happened to him?Comment
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Come to think of it I haven't heard his name mentioned in years. A friend on another forum used to love his Prorsum (short though his time there was), but I haven't heard of any new projects he's done since then.Originally posted by surver View Post
I also echo diorowen's sentiments on Damir Doma.An artist is not paid for his labor, but for his vision. - James Whistler
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Great thread title! =)"Silicon is a gas"Comment
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Does anyone know what happened to Michel Berandi? I think his line folded a couple of years ago, but what has been up to since?An artist is not paid for his labor, but for his vision. - James Whistler
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Seems like somebody picked up on this growing nostalgic sentiment towards DamirOriginally posted by diorowen View Post
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