Margiela S/S 09 and F/W 09

[ghulkhan]

Originally Posted by mulansauce

I don't think he was ever completely in it (or ever really existed). But supposedly his team does all the work and he just signs off on things.

thats pretty much the same for raf and what he does at jil and for his own label

 

[jet]

same here about getting the scissors near

luckily they fell off in the wash on one of my pants, the only one which had visible ones

 

[TheFusilliJerry]

Originally Posted by ghulkhan

thats pretty much the same for most major labels

fixed.

 

[mulansauce]

He is supposedly even more hands-off than most.

 

[bsyde82]

Most Euro designers are too next-level for me, but I find this fall collection remarkably wearable, with the exception of the disco and leather pants. I think I'd kop everything else in the collection if I had a bottomless supply of money. Sadly, I probably won't be able to kop even one item.

 

[why]

Originally Posted by chronoaug

Don't just say lame **** like that. Put up your dukes. It's hard to tell what it means by saying margiela doesn't get your motor running when i have no idea what does.
I guess that's why I asked if you truly do care what I have to say or if you're taking my apathy toward MMM as an insult to your own tastes. There's definitely worse stuff out there, but MMM seems to either be unwearable or basic and there's very little middle ground. A lot of the shows lack cohesion among looks. It falls somewhere in the no man's land between runway show (think early aughts Raf or Dior Homme) and wearable twists on classics (Paul Smith, Costume National). It just never hits that sweet spot and it seems like there's always some type of White Rabbit amongst the basics that distracts the viewer from an otherwise 'meh' collection. I generally like the boots, though.

 

[blank]

I've never even tried it on (been in the West Village store but only walked around awestruck) but if I were a rich man I'd wear nothing but Margiela for casual (and RL Black Label for formal).

 

[SoCal2NYC]

Originally Posted by mulansauce

He is supposedly even more hands-off than most.

Yes to the non-involvement extent.

 

[ghulkhan]

Originally Posted by why

I guess that's why I asked if you truly do care what I have to say or if you're taking my apathy toward MMM as an insult to your own tastes. There's definitely worse stuff out there, but MMM seems to either be unwearable or basic and there's very little middle ground. A lot of the shows lack cohesion among looks. It falls somewhere in the no man's land between runway show (think early aughts Raf or Dior Homme) and wearable twists on classics (Paul Smith, Costume National). It just never hits that sweet spot and it seems like there's always some type of White Rabbit amongst the basics that distracts the viewer from an otherwise 'meh' collection. I generally like the boots, though.
have you ever thought about becoming a designer? you sound like you know what you're talking about

 

[jet]

 

[ArtisticShowcase]

gotta love those mirrored leggings.

 

[SoCal2NYC]

Originally Posted by chronoaug

Gosurface, i think he's hating on you

Oh, i think you have some lint on the back of your shirt, let me get it off

Noooo Vanna is okay since he's in DC.

I'm talking about all the Jr. Fashion Editors running around Bryant Park this week.

 

[why]

Originally Posted by ghulkhan

have you ever thought about becoming a designer? you sound like you know what you're talking about
I don't know why you get insulted because I don't like a collection that seems pressed and flat after spending the past three decades under a metal stamper in a mothballed factory. Disco signaled the end of bands that dressed and sounded like The Guess Who -- and as much as I love Clap for the Wolfman, I still know the song's namesake is as dead as the band's looks. At least MMM paid a little homage to Saturday Night Fever with the disco pants while keeping the look firmly planted in the Vietnam era with the flat narrow-lapel earthtone blazers and synthetic trousers. I just wish they did a cuban-heeled boot.
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[robbie]

I stopped dead for a good minute trying to determine whether or not this was you alex, i **** you not... this fit is very you IMO, everything about it. soo... maybe not the blazer so much, but everything else was dead on IMO.

Originally Posted by sooocallll/

...it just seems like an expensive way to look average
I don't feel so bad now.

 

[toothsomesound]

Originally Posted by robbie

....

I stopped dead for a good minute trying to determine whether or not this was you alex, i **** you not... this fit is very you IMO, everything about it.

Hahaah, I thought the same thing!