Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[colabear]

The Céline customers must be ecstatic right now, where will they go?

Loewe

I don't much care for cotton garments but some select stuff is worth keeping around: moleskin and corduroy outerwear and trousers, seersucker shirts, non-rubberized rainwear (ventile, gabardine), jeans, heather grey sweatpants . Everything else can go.

 

[dieworkwear]

This take has been repeated to death, but it's the only good one on the whole Celine thing




Also, it's crazy to think how much influence Phoebe Philo had on menswear. The Stan Smiths, Vans slip-ons, and to the degree they meant anything, the furry Gucci mules. The return of slides and Birkenstocks. Pajama shirts used as normal shirts. Then the looser trousers and oversized coats. The self-belted pants (don't know if that's really a Phoebe Philo thing, but she had them in her collections). And just the general loosening of silhouettes, which Philo was doing before Vetements and Raf Simons.

Some of Lemaire's stuff also feels influenced by her work, like those weirdly cut slip-ons that look like Celine's bag-wrap slippers.

 

[OccultaVexillum]

Yes, this is super sad. If I was a smaller size theres a lot of Céline I would have worn.
At the same time it’s exactly what I would have expected from Hedi and I can’t imagine there’s anybody out there who was thinking Céline would be different.

 

[Tabooku]

They have different overall aesthetics, but I can see Hussein Chalayan appealing to Phoebe fans (although part of her appeal was that the clothes were designed by a woman). Peter Do is a young designer who used to work under Phoebe and is influenced by her, I really like what he does and would quite like to get his rhodium necklace or painted tee.

Spoiler: Chalayan

Spoiler: Peter Do

 

[clee1982]

I’d be all about wool if I lived in a place that had a proper winter but living in Florida my favorite fabric is cotton/linen. Breathes and not too wrinkly. Need to try hemp though.

What’s the difference between hemp and linen

 

[Chaconne]

What’s the difference between hemp and linen

I don’t know. Never had hemp. It looks like linen online but I think I’ve heard people on here say it feels/wears differently.

 

[OccultaVexillum]

There’s plenty of wools that are appropriate for summer. Maybe not 30°C+ but cotton sucks in that kind of temp anyway.
The summers in NY are humid even when it doesn’t get really hot and I’d still prefer to wear a tropical wool over cotton

 

[Chaconne]

Maybe I haven’t explored wool enough.
Does your dislike for denim only include bottoms or shorts as well?
@OccultaVexillum

 

[OccultaVexillum]

I just don’t like denim in general. It’s the same vibe as sweatpants to me.
I completely understand why people like it but it’s not for me, I have off-white denim that I wear and a pair of orslow 105’s that I wear maybe 5-6 times a year.
I bought some Chimala thinking that maybe if they were an interesting cut and a good wash that I would enjoy it more, but I just didn’t (somebody buy them from me please!).

In terms of wools though, a light wool suiting or tropical wool (cool wool) is good for summer, wool seersucker, even some merino, vicuna and wool gab is really good in spring and cooler summer. It’s not all flannel and thick knits and alpaca.

 

[dieworkwear]

At the same time it’s exactly what I would have expected from Hedi and I can’t imagine there’s anybody out there who was thinking Céline would be different.

Diet Prada has a good SLP and Celine comparison

 

[the shah]

And just the general loosening of silhouettes, which Philo was doing before Vetements and Raf Simons.

Not sure this is a fair assessment, you can always find an X who was doing it before Y. OG Raf was quite loose before he lost his mind in the mid 2000s.

There’s plenty of wools that are appropriate for summer. Maybe not 30°C+ but cotton sucks in that kind of temp anyway.
The summers in NY are humid even when it doesn’t get really hot and I’d still prefer to wear a tropical wool over cotton

I haven't worn denim in a decade, wool all day erryday different weights for different weather

 

[double00]

you can find hemp in the US but i think maybe still some kind of illegal? probably worth a peek through the old info webs

 

[Benesyed]

I still like cotton. My cotton blends Schneider trousers are my most worn trousers

I also rediscovered a love for polyester.

 

[dieworkwear]

Not sure this is a fair assessment, you can always find an X who was doing it before Y. OG Raf was quite loose before he lost his mind in the mid 2000s.

That's fair, but the current oversized trend seemed to have kicked off with that Raf collection that had oversized sweaters and parkas, and Demna's oversized stuff at Vetements. And the mood that made that all possible, or at least exciting to people who were looking for something new, seems to be rooted in womenswear. People have been talking about the death of the slim fit trend forever, but now it really seems like its on its way out.

 

[Chaconne]

Great, now I’m remembering all the great garments I’ve passed over that were made of lightweight wool.