The StyleForum Runway & High Fashion Thread

[the shah]

ROR (raughing out roud)

DECOSTER CONCEPT S/S2012 , SHANGHAI

Spoiler: warning: lot of pictures!

 

[hoozah]

wow nice, but the models look like something off the goonies.

 

[Platypus]



thanks guys for going to the effort to research all these brands. It'd be nice to think we start seeing more diversity in RP and WAYWT threads.
I know for one I pretty much only buy what I see on the internet. sad but true

Availability / distribution is a big factor. Even many established and "well-known" labels are hard to track down. However, I think / hope the timing is right and consumers are becoming more aware and interested in smaller / newer designers.

Speaking of new / upcoming designers, I think it is interesting / worthwhile to look at the shows put on by the MA courses of some of the top fashion academies (Central St. Martins / Royal Academy Antwerp / etc.). And if you see a full collection from someone in a couple years you'll have some background.

For example; below is a sampling of some of the menswear from the CSM MA FW12 show (you can find it in full and previous seasons HERE):

John Gabriel-Harrison

Kenji Kawasumi

Craig Green

 

[snowmanxl]

so was that a collaboration, shah? (DC X DD)

 

[the shah]

haha no just seemed to me and apparently a few others that DC is getting a bit too close to DD ! but that may explain why i also like it...

 

[snowmanxl]

wow, they couldve fooled me. even the models look like damir models

 

[pickpackpockpuck]

^it is kinda ridiculous how closely modeled DC is on DD, even down to the font

 

[the shah]

thats why we all together point and giggle !!!

 

[dwyhajlo]



Raf to take over at Dior

It really is musical chairs

Not that I know a lot about the business side of any of this, but I get the feeling that this won't last very long.

 

[hoozah]

i think it's for the best!

 

[KingJulien]

I think Dior management are just ******* morons. They've lost Galliano & Slimane and hired two (only recently, in Raf's case) pretty pathetic designers.

 

[Lionheart Biker]

KVA is a good designer. No one likes a hater KJ. I do agree on Raf not being the best for Dior, but it´s women´s, so I won´t be wearing that stuff. I don´t want Raf anywhere near Dior Homme.

 

[A Fellow Linguist]



I think Dior management are just ******* morons.  They've lost Galliano & Slimane and hired two (only recently, in Raf's case) pretty pathetic designers.

Okay, but it's not like Raf is taking over KVA's job. He's done a nice job growing out of his cult menswear following with the Jil women's stuff, and (imo) that's probably what they want him for. His recent women's stuff has been pretty universally loved.

Also I like the idea of the guy who sold youthful rebellion for $$$ doing couture.

 

[KingJulien]

Yeah that's a good point, I always think of Raf in terms of his men's stuff but you're right, he was pretty successful at women's, so I'm probably being too hard on him. It is going to be a big leap to go from the minimalist/futurist stuff of Jil, which wasn't far removed from what he was doing with his own line, to the glamour, excess, and sex of Dior, which is totally at the other end of the spectrum. But, that said, it was a pretty big leap to go from men's to women's, so I dunno.

Does anyone on this forum actually own kva's Dior stuff? I'd probably wear some of it, too, but I sure as hell wouldn't pay $4000 for it. I just think he was a weird ******* choice for that job and can't imagine who's actually buying it.

 

[hoozah]



Yeah that's a good point, I always think of Raf in terms of his men's stuff but you're right, he was pretty successful at women's, so I'm probably being too hard on him.  It is going to be a big leap to go from the minimalist/futurist stuff of Jil, which wasn't far removed from what he was doing with his own line, to the glamour, excess, and sex of Dior, which is totally at the other end of the spectrum.  But, that said, it was a pretty big leap to go from men's to women's, so I dunno.

Does anyone on this forum actually own kva's Dior stuff?  I'd probably wear some of it, too, but I sure as hell wouldn't pay $4000 for it.  I just think he was a weird ******* choice for that job and can't imagine who's actually buying it.

speaking of $4,000

http://www.luisaviaroma.com/index.a...vendorColor=OTAw&season=actual&seasProdID=55I