Skulls????? I guess they are closing the book on that. I think the cut jackets are great!!
sooooo glad to see all the blacks n whites again . interesting blazers as usual , skull prints are cute but im not interested in buyin any of em cept maybeeee that black blazer with the shiny skulls all over and the shirts with the skull cuffs . my fave fits however are the rly clean ones like this
overall i like this and just like always there are a handful of complete fits that i think are gems among a sea of so so's but its those gems that still make me love homme+
So far the japanese are crushing milan.
I see a skull skirt with my name on it!
lol i could see u wearin one a those skull skirts . actually more i look at this more the skulls are growin on me
I see an entire collection of shoes with my name on them.
seriously? skulls? do I even have to get into how overdone this shit is? i don't care who presents it, shit is DONE.
every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage
I don't like the skulls either. not only it is overdone, I never got the appeal from that look. But aside from that. I like the black and white collection. Typical CDG, with nice shirts and blazers. Definitely looking forward to getting one of those blazers.
I like Rei when she is anti. First of all, I like the fact that she presented a really dark spring collection. Both in theme, and choice of color palette (black, black, black, white and a little red). Second, I think the use of skull motives is very conscious. I think the general apprehension of the 'skull' as a symbol, is that it's not provoking, but pretty childish, considered bad taste and maybe most of all, it has been used as a graphic symbol in the clothing industry for a long time now and it has become an enormous cliche. I think Rei was aware of this when she started out.
Personally, I think the collection was interesting. I can not see myself buying any of those obvious skull motives in the future, but maybe the little more subtle and obscure ones. The 'Comme des Garcons' vibe was very tangible, no doubt. I don't think she creates anything new though. Regarding cuts and choice of garments, I think all of this stuff is pretty standard for being Comme des Garcons. Skirts, 'inside prints', checkerboard prints, dropped crotch, cropped trousers, shorts over trousers, the pea coat jacket and so on. I have seen all of this before. It's not exactly innovative anymore, and it does not make any sense with her core value "never repeat", but I don't mind, I think it's nice. Showing skirts on the runway is still provoking, maybe not in the fashion world, but in the real world. Which she affects.
Good collection. I could have preferred just a little more subtlety in her 'post-apocalyptic' message. Anyway, I think, whatever she makes, she makes it her own. And being subtle is not being anti.
Last edited by TarHeart; 06-26-2010 at 12:02 AM.
This is a very anti-fashion collection, good observation; then again pretty much all H+ is. However I can't say I'm too thrilled about this, even the leather blazers failed to win me over. Doesn't feel very fresh, other than some new prints and patterns I feel like i've seen bits and pieces of this over the past few years, it is just all coming into a mixtape here. The past 2 shows were more directional from Rei, for what it's worth.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
StyleZeitgeist Magazine
heh I dunno if it's something in the air, but as of this week I'm starting to find black a bit stale as well.
vid from runway
http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq...es-garons.html
let us raise a toast to ancient cotton, rotten voile, gloomy silk, slick carf, decayed goat, inflamed ram, sooty nelton, stifling silk, lazy sheep, bone-dry broad & skinny baffalo.
I liked this image via Tommy Ton for Style.com (I'm assuming post-show):
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did anyone else kop anything from this collection or am i the only one who thinks it's fucking ace?
I think some of the plain suits and shirts with skulls are beautiful. I haven't bought anything yet, but I'll be visiting London in a month's time. It'll be interesting to see what DSM has to offer.