As just about anyone in the fashion business can tell you, L’Wren Scott has built her brand based on a
sheath dress, there’s a good descriptor for you, some with little cardigan cum
shrugs, all the dresses being very sexy, let alone very very particular in
appeal and of course, the obvious, being the other half to Mick Jagger
Well, Spring 2014 is no different except that she has chosen
Japanese kimonos, ceremonial robes and even Japanese art as her inspirations
and they have not necessarily served her well.
The problem with so called inspirations like these is the possibility
that you will utilize them a bit too literally and so Ms. Scott did this
season. The obi wrapped waists, the
slashed sleeves the full on kimonos as well as the embroideries heavily
influenced by Japanese art and textiles all serve up the case for referencing
one’s inspirations a bit too heavily and literally.
There are the sexy dresses and there are those little shrug
like boleros but there are also so many distractions this season. The saucer hats, which might be more YSL than
Japanese inspired, the bad bad overly platformed shoes which I take as Ms.
Scott’s interpretation of the traditional geta and the full on kimonos. She even managed to evoke the long ago work
of Roberto Cavalli in those purple leather pieces with gold embroidery; there
was a time when Mr. Cavalli was known for printing intricate patterns in gold
on suede ensembles.
My take here, we are looking at clothes destined for
editorial and the red carpet rather than for Mrs. Kleinberg from Shaker Heights
who thinks it’s sexy to show off her fab over 40 body in second skin
dresses. Apparently there are times when
one’s inspirations take over a collection rather than just influence a
collection. This scenario is especially
dangerous if you do not possess the skills, imagination and workrooms of one John Galliano when he was
at Dior. N’est ce pas?
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