Random fashion thoughts

[jeromecd]

Sucks to hear, shipping from canada is always expensive for some reason.

Just wished they had better service for the amount spent on shipping.

 

[jet]



It's about the logo on the front, not the name on the back.

I commend this guy for combining all the hot trends in one fit: flyknits, lux sweats, birds of paradise, cropped blazer. Bravo.

 

[grizzlybear]

you're an idiot. loll

 

[conceptionist]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

It's about the logo on the front, not the name on the back.

I think that's Zomby.

He's a well known UK club music producer. Quite a legend. His father was a really famous composer, he's notorious for **** talking to everyone and for having been able to hide his identity and face for his whole career. Produced the music for a Prada collection a while back, so I guess that's why he's there.

Found it:
[VIDEO][/VIDEO]

If the video's not working, it's Prada womens FW09

 

[Benesyed]



Thinking of shaving my head. Good idea / bad idea?

Do it just to see what you look like. That was my motivation.

 

[artishard116]

^Do it so you never have to think about what your hair looks like. That was my motivation for 13 years.

 

[Benesyed]

^haha its funny you commented because when I first went i had the barber do my hair with a 2 all over then i decided to go shorter so i had her do a 1 which she did on the sides first and I thought of your haircut.

maybe ill copycat next time

 

[Synthese]



Both the positive and negative reviews of Saint Laurent boil down to the same thing: Hedi stuck to what he was good at. Yamamoto gets the same criticism levied at him constantly. Why do we want designers to constantly change their vision every season? Can you really be a fan of a designer who does ninety degree turns every six months?

The thing is, for better or for worse Hedi's vision and background have become fashion's vision and background over the last decade or so (tough luck), and since that vision was always pretty superficial you can only spread it so much before it starts to feel really repetitive and cliché. When you combine this with the recycling of YSL boho chic elements, you get a collection that smells like a museum before it's even hit the floor. I'm all for refinement but this ain't it. Also don't think it's fair to throw Yohji in the discussion, context is way different anyway.
Somewhere, Pilati is laughing up his sleeve.
On the other hand I never gave a **** about DH and Hedi so ...

I think the actuality is probably smack-dab in the middle of these two thoughts. If this collection had been released contemporaneously with Hedi's DH (which I wasn't into, didn't know about, don't really care about), the response would have been pretty obviously different. Sipang's right, though, in saying that it's pretty stuck in 2006 with all of the YSL greatest hits thrown in as a bonus.

I think that for me, the biggest problem (ignoring the fact that I immediately posted that I loved it, and in some ways still do after several more viewings - I mean, hey, it's fun, it's sexy, it's easy, it's not very thought-provoking...) is that I never loved the coke-chic rocker thing, and it reinforces some of the stereotypes that I actively dislike about women's fashion. It's restrictive, it's mean, and no one you know is going to be able to wear it. I'm sure we'll all see people trying to fit their average-sized bodies into those pieces, but that right there is a look that is pretty much Kate Moss through and through. These days, a lot of folks, myself included, would just rather see something else. There's nothing friendly about any of the looks.

That said, I like the more romantic, highwayman (woman?)-like elements, but I feel pretty confident that most of us with even a passing interest (relative to SF) in women's fashion could point to more inspiring, less troubling designers. If you're a girl who always wanted to wear DH, though, and was buying the men's denim for years or something, I guess you're probably pretty happy. It's well-styled, high-drama, and I can't for the life of me think of what anyone could have possibly expected aside from exactly this.

 

[A Fellow Linguist]



shave half your head.

Which half? Left, right, front, back? Or just shave 50% of it, but from random spots? Probably won't go all the way if/when I do it, just take it down to a 1 or 2.

 

[Synthese]

Also, I hate that Haider won't do men's.

 

[Noctone]



Which half? Left, right, front, back? Or just shave 50% of it, but from random spots? Probably won't go all the way if/when I do it, just take it down to a 1 or 2.

You could always shave the sides and leave it longish up top, seems to work for some people (bows and artishard spring to mind).

Finally was able to get an appointment with my stylist this week. Wanna do something with a bit of edge but probably will just end up with something short and simple since I may be doing job interviews in the near future.

 

[bosatlbwi]



Which half? Left, right, front, back? Or just shave 50% of it, but from random spots? Probably won't go all the way if/when I do it, just take it down to a 1 or 2.

never thought about left/right...is this like the earring bullshit where one side means your gay? i never god an earring because i was always worried i'd forget which side is which (7)...


just get it cut like danny ******* brown.

 

[shoreman1782]

From Cathy Horyn's review of SLP:

I was not invited. Despite positive reviews of his early YSL and Dior collections, as well as a profile, Mr. Slimane objected bitterly to a review I wrote in 2004 — not about him but Raf Simons. Essentially I wrote that without Mr. Simons’s template of slim tailoring and street casting, there would not have been a Hedi Slimane — just as there would never have been a Raf Simons without Helmut Lang. Fashion develops a bit like a genetic line.

Anyway, Mr. Slimane insisted that he was the first to show the skinny suit. It was a silly debate. Who cares? As time went on, he also felt (as best as I can tell) that I gave preference to Mr. Simons in my coverage of the men’s shows. If I gave him attention, it was because his work and my reporting into the key early part of his career merited it. I haven’t spoken to Mr. Slimane in five years.

DRAMA!

 

[brad-t]

Was just about to post this here. Interesting article, and I agree that Slimane's media approach is completely out of touch with reality.

 

[sipang]



How can this be the "same collection" when this is Hedi's first womenswear collection?
We're so conditioned to expect some crazy level of artistry and esoterism in runway shows that it's easy to forget that they're ultimately for buyers and for press coverage, not art shows. Hedi didn't blaze any new trails but he released a very beautiful, very focused collection full of wearable clothing. Honestly, that's good to me. Maybe I'm just not intellectual enough to appreciate fashion on such a level, but I prefer good clothes over statements. I guess it's no coincidence that most of my favourite brands release variations on the same pieces every season ...

I don't think Hedi should be held accountable for others aping his aesthetic, anyway.

I think it's a bit dishonest and easy to insinuate that people that might not like this collection prefer statements over good clothes or that they can only enjoy fashion as something more cerebral, or that they want something esoteric or more spectacular (or even something totally new). It's an argument thrown around everytime we try to have a discussion about fashion outside the confines of pure commercialism and frankly it's just bullshit.

It doesn't need to be an art show (not that those aren't big business), but a runway collection is still a design affair before being a PR event, or it should be. That's why designer fashion is held to higher standards than high street fashion, and that's why things like references, context, coherence... matter.

Hedi should be held accountable for acting like we're still in 2000something, being seemingly totally oblivious to what happened in fashion since and mostly for his mega hype train (which is mainly responsible for the virulence of today's reviews I think).