Dorothy
Parker might have said “what fresh hell can this be?”… Or something to that
effect if she were attending countless fashion presentations during NYFW Spring
2016... In particular Proenza Schouler for said season.
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Having
never really been a fan nor been able to understand all the attention and fawning
that they garner, this collection surely didn’t solve or answer the conundrum. When
a reviewer receives messages in the latter evening hours asking “have you seen
it?” … “Makes me sick” and lest us ever forget
the popular message of “can you freakin believe it?” Well suffice to say the time
has come to offer my opinions.
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After viewing
the collection several times at this point, it occurs to me that the boys
decided they took a liking to a more recently designed/ruffled Balenciaga
collection (added some peek a boo cut outs) and that they might have consulted
with Shayne Olivier on the Hood By Air collection. Having always been a fan of
bows, it hurt my eyes, as well as my heart, to see those limp and skimpy excuses
for bows which seem to be attached to almost everything along with a surfeit
amount of strings hanging off garments. Then we come to that old harping
concept of... HTF... you get the idea yes?? .. of how do you hang these clothes
when they get to a store but then again that’s assuming retailers are dumb enough
to try to resell them.
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So again
it must be asked... what’s all the talk about? Yes the clothes were finished
better than most design school projects but apparently the designers have
neglected to think about real women wanting... Well, maybe wanting... to wear
these creations. All this complication for the sake of design, for the sake of
being different and it winds up looking like 12 other collections. So, remind
me, what’s so great here and can this really be what supposedly great fashion
is all about?
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