So far we have seen loads of tailored clothes, endless
amounts of outerwear and unfortunately there is a lot of sameness that is
permeating the Fall collections so far.
So today, I thought it would be fun to point out some of the more
memorable moments from the past few days.
Keep in mind this is not necessarily in a good way… as the Italians say...
si vini un paio…si perde un paio… look it up!
Burberry Prorsum brought some news to the men’s wear area by
adding animal prints to the world of plaid and I gotta say kudos to Christopher
Bailey. He single handedly did what no
one has done to day and that is take a stand, albeit a t time a bit over the
top but even if it doesn’t sell for men , it will bring in the ladies who will
want all of it.
Prada, of course brought more emperor’s new clothes as usual so
no surprises there and Moncler Gamme Rouge decided to take
on the Chanel pre fall collection and out plaid Karl in such an over the top
way as to be considered comical. Then there
was Calvin
Klein who just bored you to death with nothingness and D
Squared who decided to redo last fall’s Prada collection to the point
of ridiculousness.
Jill Sander offered up more of her signature yawns with the vey
useful addition of tunics, and oh yes sleeveless bi-colored and pinstripe
tunics for fashion victims everywhere.
Wonder boy Raf Simons borrowed the Ferre tied neck and used it for men and
brought not much new to the table...again!
Ports 1961 brought one of the slickest sharpest coats around to
an otherwise so so collection and Hardy Amies took a shine to the
color blocked outerwear in great style.
Speaking of color blocking, it should not go unnoticed that Iceberg
even got into the act with a couple of fabulous sweaters and coats.
Lastly, Mugler finally sort of concentrated on what it does best and that is tailored clothing with all the clean lines as they are otherwise
producing super hero costumes and Gucci
showed us 1001 variations on a suit and pea jacket while the rarely spoken of Walter
Van Beirendonck showed some of
the most wonderful “fashiony” jackets.
WVB is a master of his art who at least has the guts to really be
original.
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