Wednesday, June 24, 2009

JUNE 24 MILAN ----MEN'S

For a change of pace , I thought I would delve into the world of MEN"S----Having been through all the photos of the collections show thus far----there are a few observation that I have about the state of affairs inthe Men's business*****************************
1- When did the deomographic of the Men's designer customer change ????According to most designers the optimum client is 20, maybe 25, and they have a healthy trust fund and of course, they needn't work

2-These clothes are enormously expensive no matter how much the designers can lower the prices and what makes anyone believe that a 40 year old let alone a 50 year old ---can realte to clothes worn on some barely pubescent boywith a 28 inch waist and a 36 inch chest

3-If the business is to survive the current downturn --wouldn't it be prudent to aim the collection at your real customer and not the "ideal" or aspirational customer

4-Kudos to VERSACE for showing the sexy clothes on men and not boys--FERRAGAMO--ZEGNA--ARMANI --McQUEEN ---DOLCE--and ETRO for likewise doing that as well as showing collectiones targeted to their clientel

http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/S2010MEN/runwayshows

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

JUNE 17 NYC

I would be hard pressed to say that a trip to Bergdorfs --Bendels or Barneys was an event of note ................All the B's are seas of markdowns----maybe oceans ...........my guess is not much of spring left these emporia and not much will leave until the markdowns increase further.............The only store where I saw more people was in Jimmy Choo on sad sad Madison Avenue where the vacancy rate is increasing daily.....between those going out of business and those having financial difficulties who will fill these spaces


Thursday, June 11, 2009

ON THE EVE OF FALL DELIVERIES

STATE OF FASHION--------------- With still another quarter filled with more losses I get the picture that maybe now the high end will see that the end is not near for this latest reversal of consumer spending...Neimans is still smarting from their losses and continues to find was to cut back without "telling the customer"----I am afriad that the booby prize for retailers will go to Saks after having spent north of 30 MILLION to redo a floor which is already a drain on their quarterly sales---somehow i believe there will be some sort of "surprise" out of that camp and I don't think they will be applauding --unless you applaud beheading................The cutback syndrome seems to effect both men's and women's apparel -----As i said 2 months ago ---WHERE ARE THE MERCHANTS ???????

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD????

THIS MORNING I READ THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LINDSAY LOHAN SIGNING ON AS A CREATIVE CONSULTANT TO THE HOUSE OF UNGARO ---HOW CAN THIS EVEN BE A RUMOR ??? IF THIS SHOUDL EVER COME TO PASS ---THEN I BELIEVE THAT UNGARO WILL GET WHAT IT DESERVES AND THAT WILL BE ---OUT OF BUSINESS