Duh oh!! No
trend is the trend unless of course you consider that Giorgio Armani is his own
trend which he adheres to and massages season after season. Some of the faux critics
will decry this as old and been there done that and even some of the so called
media elite will find fault but the fact remains that this is a man who knows
his client, has a signature and keeps the words like slick, tasty, fashionable,
luxe, soigne, urbane and all of those so called antediluvian descriptors.. Well he
keeps them in the fashion lexicon!
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Armani is trend-less yet never endingly inventive season after season. Whether you like it
or not is not the issue but one cannot deny that these are clothes that are meant
to be worn. He offers a virtual smorgasbord of jackets and always with that
little nuance introduced like the contrast flap pockets or lapel treatments, he
overindulges in velvet like no one else but then again, once upon a time velvet
was an integral part of EVERY European fall collection. The silhouettes are trim without
being second skin, pants are pervasive, even when worn under a dress and then of
course this was a collection that back in black! There is his penchant for
exquisite fabrications, his spartan styling this season and even the models
were reflective of the clothes. In essence, no prepubescent girls and no men
who looked like they hadn’t had their first shave yet. If you can’t tell, I am
much happier with no trend than with those pretend that trend is fashion and hide behind a press release!
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Armani is an
acquired taste, no doubt, but he is astoundingly consistent in his message and
he has stayed his course no matter what anyone has ever said about his
collections. He remains a designer in charge of a mega business that bucks no
interference from critics or big business boards and so I say qui รจ il re... look it up!
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PS .. just so you don’t think I am blindly fawning here.. I really could
have lived without the Dufy-esque prints!
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