Ciao Milano! Well the Milanese clown car has found its
driver! Bienvenuti!
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So if at first you don’t succeed. Try, try again but this
time, you “borrow” from Roberta di Camerino, Jeremy Scott, Jeremy Scott for
Moschino, Franco Moschino, Dolce and Gabbana and present day Valentino or Susie
Wong just to name a few. The obvious overuse of trompe-l’oeil is well overused
to say the least, yes, this is geeky school girl chic but the problem is that
those who can afford the hefty price tags don’t want to look as if they fell
out of a comic strip!
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So yes, you couldn’t help but notice the western references,
the 70s references including belly warmer neckties and YES that’s what they
were called, and all the bells and whistles that accompany or are part of this
explosion of so called fashion. Who wouldn’t want ruffle hemmed cropped pants,
a pleated python skirt matched to a palm frond peek a boo camisole or a short
sleeved unlined green lace waitress or stewardess uniform? I ask you... they’ll
just be lining up! So many amazingly puzzling looks!
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If one is honest and realistic beyond what this collection is and who designed it, one can’t
help but say the silhouettes are awfully “molto signora” and if you put linings
in so much of these concoctions or confections, they start to be very so what
or maybe very all hallows eve! The silver lining for the brand is that they
sell lots more than clothes. Some of the handbags will no doubt be “it” bags or
even be considered status bags for those who are still into that sort of thing.
A lot of ladies might be happy with the more sensible shoes and the
aspirational millennials will want the platforms. This designer has done wonders for the optical
division as well as reviving the double G belt and the green and red striping.
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It is possible that the brand will breathe some new life but
IMHO it won’t be because of the clothes. The ATM’s of fashion are drooling over
the prospect of ad dollars it costs to pump up the sleepy brand until it finds
its new footing. If you noticed the ad pages for the supposedly wildly groundbreaking
fall collection increased at least 50% and probably more ... you figure it out!
P.S. much to his credit... the designer did tone down the models to a more sophisticated level and nto so freakish
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